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091229P.pdf 08/11/2010 Alvin Jackson v. Larry Norris
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 09-1229
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Pine Bluff
[PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Smith,
Circuit Judge]
Prisoner case - habeas. For the court's prior opinion in this death
penalty matter, see Jackson v. Norris, 256 F. App'x 12 (8th Cir. 2007).
Petitioner made the requisite showing for a hearing under Atkins v.
Virginia, 536 U.S. 30 (2002), and the district court erred in dismissing his
Atkins claim without a hearing; case remanded for further proceedings on
the Atkins claim.