The following published opinions were released by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on August 12, 2008:
Wardlaw v. Cain (Garza, Dennis, Mills, JJ.; per curiam opinion) (appeal from M.D. La.). Affirming district court’s dismissal of petitioner’s claims as untimely under AEDPA. The Fifth Circuit held that Smith v. Ward, 209 […]
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit released its en banc opinion today in Moore v. Quarterman. The seventeen-judge en banc panel issued a per curiam opinion (Jones, C.J., King, Jolly, Davis, Smith, Wiener, Barksdale, Garza, Benavides, Stewart, Dennis, Clement, Prado, Owen, Elrod, Southwick, Haynes, JJ.). The Court held that, regardless […]
The following published opinion was released by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on April 23, 2008:
Haynes v. Quarterman (Jolly, Dennis, Clement, JJ.; opinion by Dennis, J.). Granting habeas petitioner’s application for Certificate of Appealability (”COA”) as to Batson claims, but denying as to claims regarding ineffective assistance of counsel, exhaustion […]