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KUTZNER v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY

No. 02-20861.

303 F.3d 339 (2002)

Richard William KUTZNER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. MONTGOMERY COUNTY, District Attorney's Office; Michael A. McDougal, Montgomery County District Attorney in his official capacity; Guy L. Williams, Montgomery County Sheriff in his official capacity; Joye M. Carter, M.D., in her official capacity, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 7, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James William Marcus, Texas Defender Serv., Houston, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Before DAVIS, JONES and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

On August 5, 2002, Richard William Kutzner filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action that reiterates his attempt, previously embodied in a successive habeas petition, to overturn his conviction for capital murder by requiring the State to produce biological evidence for DNA testing.1 The district court dismissed sua sponte pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6), treating Kutzner's complaint as, in effect, another successive habeas...

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