LOPEZ v. STEPHENS

No. 14-70025.

783 F.3d 524 (2015)

Daniel Lee LOPEZ, Petitioner-Appellant v. William STEPHENS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 6, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Dow, University of Houston Law Center, James Gregory Rytting, Hilder & Associates, P.C., Houston, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Travis Golden Bragg, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, JONES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.


Having carefully reviewed defense counsel's appeal of the district court's competency decision,1 the State's response, the transcript of the competency hearing in the district court, and the district court's Order, we conclude that the district court committed no error finding Lopez...

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