BARNES v. JOHNSON

No. 98-50180.

184 F.3d 451 (1999)

Robert Thomas BARNES, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Gary L. JOHNSON, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 6, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian D. Hail, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, New York City, Katrin Schatz Byford, Luke Pedersen, Baker & Botts, Dallas, TX, for Petitioner-Appellee.

S. Michael Bozarth, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tommy L. Skaggs, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellant.

Before WIENER and PARKER, Circuit Judges, and LAKE, District Judge.


LAKE, District Judge:

The Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice appeals from the Final Judgment of the district court conditionally granting a writ of habeas corpus to a state prisoner whom the court concluded had been denied the right of confrontation at a parole revocation hearing. For the reasons explained below we REVERSE the judgment of the district court and VACATE the writ.

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