ORTIZ v. QUARTERMAN

No. 06-70020.

509 F.3d 214 (2007)

Ricardo ORTIZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Nathaniel QUARTERMAN, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 6, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robin Norris, Hart & Norris, El Paso, TX, for Ortiz.

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

Before SMITH, GARZA and PRADO, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Texas death row inmate Ricardo Ortiz petitions for rehearing of his application for a certificate of appealability (COA) on the issue of whether his counsel rendered unconstitutionally ineffective assistance by failing to object to the exclusion of eighteen prospective jurors. The petition is DENIED.

The brief that Ortiz filed in support of his motion for a COA raised two issues: (1) whether the State court unconstitutionally excluded nineteen...

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