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Case: 19-40341 Document: 00515482721 Page: 1 Date Filed: 07/09/2020 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED July 9, 2020 No. 19-40341 Lyle W. Cayce

DON R. WILLETT, Circuit Judge: Most federal appeals probe the correctness of earlier rulings. This case, though, is less about what preceded than who presided. * * * Erick Lawson, a former Texas prisoner, filed a pro se § 1983 civil rights complaint against prison officials who allegedly denied him access to rehabilitative programs and service

LESLIE H. SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judge: *387 Carlos Manuel Ayestas is a prisoner on death row in Texas. We previously affirmed the district court's denial of his request under 18 U.S.C. § 35

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS WILLIAM STEPHENS, § No. 08-11-00166-CR Appellant, § Appeal from the v. §

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS WILLIAM STEPHENS, § No. 08-11-00166-CR Appellant, § Appeal from the v.

Case: 13-70001 Document: 00512986574 Page: 1 Date Filed: 03/30/2015 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 13-70001 WILLIAM SPEER, Petitioner - Appellant v. WILLIAM STEPHENS, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS DIVISION, Respondent - Appel

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS WILLIAM STEPHENS, § No. 08-11-00166-CR Appellant, § Appeal from the v. §

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT WILLIAM G. STEPHENS; NORMA No. 18-35908 STEPHENS, husband and wife, Plaintiffs-Appellants, D.C. No. 1:17-cv-00385- v. BLW UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, OPINION Defendant-Appellee.

Case: 13-70001 Document: 00512987375 Page: 1 Date Filed: 03/31/2015 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit No. 13-70001 FILED

Case: 14-70001 Document: 00514109550 Page: 1 Date Filed: 08/09/2017 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED No. 14-70001 Augu

PER CURIAM: No member of this panel nor judge in regular active service on the court having requested that the court be polled on Rehearing En Banc, the Petition for Rehearing En Banc is DENIED. See Fed. R. App. P. 35; 5th CiR. R. 35. The Petition .for Panel Rehearing is also DENIED'.

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals No. 11-70011 Fifth Circuit FILED February 21, 2017 ROLANDO RUIZ,

ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES PER CURIAM: This court denied a certificate of appeal-ability (“COA”) to review the denial of petitioner Duane Buck’s motion, filed per Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6), claiming violation of his Sixth Amendment right to effective assistance of counsel. Buck v. Stephens, 623 Fe

EDWARD C. PRADO, Circuit Judge: In 2007, a Texas jury convicted Petitioner-Appellant Kosoul Chanthakoummane of capital murder and sentenced him to death. After unsuccessfully seeking state habeas relief, Petitioner filed ,a federal ha-beas corpus petition asserting 16 constitutional errors. The district court denied his petition and declined to grant a certificate of appealability (

Order filed, December 01, 2016. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals ____________ NO. 14-16-00935-CV ____________ THOMAS RAY SIDES, Appellant V. WILLIAM STEPHENS, Appellee On Appeal from the 412th District Court

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge: LeJames Norman petitioned for a federal writ of habeas corpus raising two claims of ineffective assistance of counsel (“LAC”) and requesting an evidentiary hearing to develop his claims. The district court denied Norman’s petition and request and sua sponte denied a certificate of appeala-bility (“COA”). Norman requests a COA fr

NO. 12-14-00251-CV IN THE COURT OF APPEALS TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT TYLER, TEXAS KENNETH CRISSUP, § APPEAL FROM THE 349TH APPELLANT V. § JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT WILLIAM STEPHENS, ET AL, APPELLEES § ANDERSON COUNTY, TEXAS

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge: Ruben Ramirez Cardenas 1 applies for a certificate of appealability (“COA”) to appeal the denial of his second federal petition for writ of habeas corpus. He claims that he is entitled to relief from his death sentence because Texas law enforcement officers did not inform him of his rights

PER CURIAM: The district court denied Carlos Manuel Ayestas relief from his capital sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. It then denied him investigative assistance under 18 U.S.C. § 3599(f) to develop evidence that might prove his previous attorneys were ineffective. Ayestas appeals these decisions. We AFFIRM. Separately, after these district court rulings,

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT No. 16-70009 United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED JOHN DAVID BATTAGLIA, March 30, 2016 Lyle W. Cayce