FIELDS v. THALER

No. 07-10627.

588 F.3d 270 (2009)

Emanual Deleon FIELDS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Rick THALER, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 12, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emanual Deleon Fields, Tennessee Colony, TX, pro se.

Elizabeth A. Goettert, Austin, TX, for Thaler.

Before REAVLEY, JOLLY, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.


E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

This court granted a certificate of appealability ("COA") authorizing Emanual Deleon Fields to appeal the district court's denial of his federal habeas claims under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), with respect to the prosecution's peremptory strikes of three black prospective jurors. The district court held that the...

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