BELL v. BELL

No. 04-5523.

512 F.3d 223 (2008)

Stephen M. BELL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ricky BELL, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: January 4, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Gretchen L. Swift, Federal Public Defender's Office, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Joseph F. Whalen III, Office of the Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Gretchen L. Swift, Jude T. Lenahan, Federal Public Defender's Office, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. Joseph F. Whalen III, Office of the Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee.

Before: BOGGS, Chief Judge; MARTIN, BATCHELDER, DAUGHTREY, MOORE, COLE, CLAY, GILMAN, GIBBONS, ROGERS, SUTTON, COOK, McKEAGUE, and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges.


GIBBONS, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which BOGGS, C.J., BATCHELDER, ROGERS, SUTTON, COOK, McKEAGUE, and GRIFFIN, JJ., joined. CLAY, J. (pp. 237-50), delivered a separate dissenting opinion, in which MARTIN, MOORE, COLE, and GILMAN, JJ., joined, with MOORE, J. (p. 250), also delivering a separate dissenting opinion, in which MARTIN, COLE, and CLAY, JJ., joined. DAUGHTREY, J. (p. 251), delivered a separate opinion dissenting in part and concurring in part.

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