MORGAN v. DRETKE

No. 04-20254.

433 F.3d 455 (2005)

George Cleron MORGAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Doug DRETKE, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 15, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Cleron Morgan, Cuero, TX, pro se.

Laura Grant Berins, Austin, TX, for Dretke.

Before JONES, DeMOSS and OWEN, Circuit Judges.


DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:

George Cleron Morgan, Texas prisoner number 1125877, filed the instant 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition to challenge a prison disciplinary proceeding finding him guilty of assaulting an officer with a non-serious injury resulting. The district court granted Respondent's motion for summary judgment, dismissed Morgan's petition, and denied a certificate of appealability ("COA"). Morgan timely appealed the district court's dismissal...

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