MOORE v. COCKRELL

No. 01-41160.

313 F.3d 880 (2002)

Gregory Lawrence MOORE, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Janie COCKRELL, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 21, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gregory Lawrence Moore, Tennessee Colony, TX, pro se.

Melanie P. Sarwal, Asst. Sol. Gen., Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellant.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DUHÉ and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Janie Cockrell, Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, appeals the district court's grant of the writ of habeas corpus to the petitioner, Gregory Lawrence Moore. We conclude that under the deferential scheme of 28 U.S.C. § 2254 the decision of the state court was not contrary to or an unreasonable application of clearly established federal...

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