United States Sixth Circuit

The district court was without jurisdiction to vacate its previous judgment and stay plaintiff's execution where his motion under Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) is a second or successive petition under AEDPA.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/07/2005
• Published 03/07/2005

Judges

• Before:  SUHRHEINRICH, BATCHELDER, and COLE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:  Jennifer M. Kinsley, Sirkin, Pinales, Mezibov & Schwartz, Cincinnati, OH, Laurence E. Komp, Baldwin, MO, for Petitioner-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.  Henry G. Appel, Timothy D. Prichard, Attorney General's Office of Ohio, Capital Crimes Section, Columbus, OH, for Respondent-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.   ON BRIEF:  Jennifer M. Kinsley, Sirkin, Pinales, Mezibov & Schwartz, Cincinnati, OH, Laurence E. Komp, Baldwin, MO, for Petitioner-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.  Henry G. Appel, Timothy D. Prichard, Attorney General's Office of Ohio, Capital Crimes Section, Columbus, OH, for Respondent-Appellant/Cross-Appellee.