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WILLIAMS v. CAIN

No. 98-30587.

143 F.3d 949 (1998)

Dobie Gillis WILLIAMS, Petitioner, Appellee, v. Burl CAIN, Warden, Respondent, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 16, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas Joseph Trenticosta, New Orleans, LA, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Don M. Burkett, Burkett & Chevallier, Many, LA, for Respondent-Appellant.

Before JOLLY and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

In this death penalty case, Burl Cain, Warden for the Louisiana State Penitentiary, appeals the entry of a stay of execution by the district court pending disposition of a petition for writ of certiorari in the United States Supreme Court. Finding that the district court lacked jurisdiction to enter this order, we reverse and grant the State of Louisiana's motion to vacate the stay.

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In 1985, Dobie Gillis Williams was found guilty of...

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