EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
Gerald Wayne Tigner ("Tigner"), a death row inmate, seeks a certificate of appealability ("COA") to challenge the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition. Tigner has failed to make a substantial showing of the denial of his constitutional rights because Supreme Court and Fifth Circuit precedents foreclose all of his arguments. We deny the COA.
The case arises from a violent and fatal altercation...
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