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RICHARDSON v. JOHNSON

No. 01-50568.

256 F.3d 257 (2001)

Miguel RICHARDSON, Petitioner Appellant, v. Gary L. JOHNSON, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 25, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven B. Rosenfeld, Katherine I. Puzone, Paul Henri Cohen, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, Daniel McNeel Lane, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, San Antonio, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Tommy Lee Skaggs, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DeMOSS and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

BY THE COURT:

I

Miguel A. Richardson on October 8, 1998, filed a petition for habeas relief in the United States District Court, Western District of Texas, San Antonio Division, pursuant to Title 28, U.S.C. § 2254. Richardson asked the federal courts to overturn his 1981 capital murder conviction and sentence of death. On January 23, 2001, this court affirmed the United States District Court's denial of federal habeas corpus relief

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