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VAN TRAN v. COLSON

No. 11-5867.

764 F.3d 594 (2014)

Heck VAN TRAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Roland COLSON, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: August 25, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Robert L. Hutton , Glankler Brown, PLLC, Memphis, Tennessee, for Appellant. James E. Gaylord , Office of the Tennessee Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Robert L. Hutton , Glankler Brown, PLLC, Memphis, Tennessee, Brock Mehler , Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellant. James E. Gaylord , Office of the Tennessee Attorney General, Nashville, Tennessee, for Appellee. Steven J. Mulroy , Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law, Memphis, Tennessee, for Amici Curiae.

Before: ROGERS, COOK, and WHITE, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

Heck Van Tran, a Tennessee prisoner under sentence of death, appeals the district court's judgment denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Van Tran raised twenty-six claims in his original habeas petition. The district court and this court have certified three claims for this appeal: (1) whether Van Tran is intellectually disabled and his execution would therefore violate the Eighth...

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