ANDERSON v. KELLEY

No. 17-2456.

938 F.3d 949 (2019)

Justin ANDERSON, Plaintiff-Appellant v. Wendy KELLEY, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, originally identified as Ray Hobbs Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: September 11, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Justin Anderson, Arkansas Department of Corrections — Varner Supermax, Grady, AR, Pro Se.

John Charles Williams , Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Little Rock, AR, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Kent G. Holt , Assistant Attorney General, Jacob Helderman Jones , Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office, Little Rock, AR, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before GRUENDER, STRAS, and KOBES, Circuit Judges.


Justin Anderson appeals the district court's1 denial of his petition for habeas corpus. He argues that his counsel was ineffective for failing to investigate and present mental health evidence and for giving the jury an expert report which included information that Anderson was on death row,...

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