DICKSON v. QUARTERMAN

No. 05-70032.

453 F.3d 643 (2006)

Ryan Heath DICKSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Nathaniel QUARTERMAN, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 22, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald T. Spriggs, Amarillo, TX, Michael P. Heiskell, Johnson, Vaughn & Heiskell, Fort Worth, TX, for Dickson.

Ellen Stewart-Klein, Austin, TX, for Quarterman.

Before GARZA, DeMOSS and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.


EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Ryan Heath Dickson was convicted of capital murder in Texas state court and sentenced to death. The district court denied his petition for a writ of habeas corpus and refused to issue a certificate of appealability ("COA"). Petitioner now requests a COA from this court to address one issue: whether failure to disclose the pre-trial statements of two prosecution witnesses violated his right to due process.

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