DICKSON v. QUARTERMAN

No. 05-70032.

462 F.3d 470 (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.

August 24, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald T. Spriggs (argued), Amarillo, TX, Michael P. Heiskell, Johnson, Vaughn & Heiskell, Fort Worth, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Ellen Stewart-Klein (argued), Postconviction Litigation Div., Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before GARZA, DeMOSS and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.


EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Ryan Heath Dickson, a Texas death row inmate, appeals the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition. He claims that the State failed to disclose the existence of two audiotapes containing potential impeachment evidence under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83, 83 S.Ct. 1194, 10 L.Ed.2d 215 (1963), and that the federal district court erred by denying his petition for habeas relief....

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