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LOCKHART v. JOHNSON

No. 96-50642.

104 F.3d 54 (1997)

Michael Lee LOCKHART, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary JOHNSON, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division; Dan Morales, Attorney General, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 9, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Burr Macaulay, Washington, D.C., for petitioner-appellant.

John Dury Jacks, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, for respondents-appellees.

Before DAVIS, JONES and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Michael Lee Lockhart, a Texas death row inmate, seeks a certificate of probable cause (CPC) or a certificate of appealability (COA) to challenge the district court's dismissal of his habeas petition. Because Lockhart has not made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right, we deny the COA.

I.

A.

Lockhart was indicted in Jefferson County, Texas, for the capital murder of Police Officer Paul...

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