AKINS v. KENNEY

No. 02-1913.

341 F.3d 681 (2003)

Samar AKINS, Appellant, v. Michael L. KENNEY, Warden of the Nebraska State Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: September 2, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond J. Rigat, argued, Clinton, CT, for appellant.

J. Kirk Brown, argued, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, NE (Marilyn B. Hutchinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., on the brief), for appellee.

Before HANSEN, Chief Judge, LOKEN and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


HANSEN, Circuit Judge.

Samar Akins, a Nebraska inmate, appeals the dismissal of his amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000), for failure to exhaust state court remedies. See O'Sullivan v. Boerckel, 526 U.S. 838, 845, 119 S.Ct. 1728, 144 L.Ed.2d 1 (1999) (requiring inmates to exhaust state judicial remedies by invoking one complete round of the state...

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