HAWKINS v. LYNAUGH

No. 88-1995.

862 F.2d 487 (1988)

Samuel Christopher HAWKINS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James A. LYNAUGH, Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 12, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford L. Harrison, Houston, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

Jim Mattox, Atty. Gen., Charles Palmer, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.

Before RUBIN, KING and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

We remanded this case to the district court in a written opinion filed on the evening of December 10, 1988, 862 F.2d 482. The district court, on remand, filed on December 12, 1988 its order vacating the stay of execution, denying Hawkins' requested habeas relief, and refusing a certificate of probable cause. Hawkins' counsel now asks this court to stay his execution and to issue a certificate of probable cause.

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