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Parties Involved:
Alvin Bernal Jackson
Appellant
Larry Norris
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 07-1331

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Alvin Bernal Jackson, *

*

Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* Eastern District of Arkansas.

Larry Norris, Director, Arkansas *

Department of Correction, * [UNPUBLISHED]

*

Appellee. *

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Submitted: November 14, 2007

 Filed: November 20, 2007

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Before RILEY, BOWMAN, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

In light of this court’s recent decision in Simpson v. Norris, 490 F.3d 1029,

1034-1036 (8th Cir. 2007) (concluding the existence of an Arkansas statute that

precluded the execution of the mentally retarded was irrelevant to whether the

applicant had defaulted an Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304, 321 (2002), claim by

failing to bring the claim under the statute), reh’g en banc denied, No. 06-2823 (8th

Cir. Aug. 20, 2007), we reverse and vacate the judgment of the district court and

remand this case to the district court for further proceedings. See Simpson, 490 F.3d

at 1035-36. 

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Appellate Case: 07-1331 Page: 1 Date Filed: 11/20/2007 Entry ID: 3374437