SOFFAR v. DRETKE

No. 98-20385.

368 F.3d 441 (2004)

Max Alexander SOFFAR, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Doug DRETKE, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 21, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Howard Schropp (argued), Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, Washington, DC, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Gena Blount Bunn, Asst. Atty. Gen. (argued), Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before EMILIO M. GARZA, DeMOSS and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:

This case returns to us upon reinstatement by the en banc Court, Soffar v. Cockrell, 300 F.3d 588 (5th Cir.2002) ("Soffar II"), of the original panel's grant of a Certificate of Appealability ("COA"), Soffar v. Johnson, 237 F.3d 411 (5th Cir.2000) ("Soffar I"), as to Petitioner Max Alexander Soffar's claims that (1) he did not have effective...

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