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SONNIER v. JOHNSON

No. 98-20148. Summary Calendar.

161 F.3d 941 (1998)

Martin Joseph SONNIER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary L. JOHNSON, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 16, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin Joseph Sonnier, Beaumont, TX, pro se.

William Charles Zapalac, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before JOLLY, SMITH and WIENER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Petitioner-Appellant Martin Joseph Sonnier requests that we issue a certificate of appealability (COA) for him to appeal the district court's dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 application for habeas relief as time-barred under the AEDPA-amended limitations provision of § 2244(d)(1). In addition to challenging this ruling of the district court, Sonnier contends that the limitation period instituted by the AEDPA violates the Suspension Clause of...

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