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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

PINE BLUFF DIVISION

JOE MCKINLEY JONES, ADC #108478 PETITIONER

v. No. 5:13CV00063 JLH

WENDY KELLEY, Director, 

Arkansas Department of Correction RESPONDENT

ORDER

Joe McKinley Jones filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254

on February 26, 2013. The Court dismissed the petition as untimely under 28 U.S.C. § 2241(d) and

denied a certificate of appealability. On February 20, 2015, the United States Court of Appeals for

the Eighth Circuit denied a certificate of appealability and dismissed Jones’s appeal. The mandate

was issued on March 16, 2015. 

More than a year later, Jones has now filed an “Amended Habeas Corpus Petition” in which

he requests the Court to permit him to amend his habeas petition based on newly discovered

evidence.

This case is closed. Nothing in the rules permits an amended petition after the initial petition

has been dismissed and all appeals have been exhausted. If Jones wishes to file a new petition, he

must obtain permission from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to file a

second or successive habeas corpus petition. See 28 U.S.C. § 2241(b).

Joe McKinley Jones’s “Amended Habeas Corpus Petition” is DISMISSED. Document #28. 

No certificate of appealability will be issued.

IT IS SO ORDERED this 7th day of July, 2016.

 

J. LEON HOLMES

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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