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WOODFOX v. CAIN

No. 15-30506.

789 F.3d 565 (2015)

Albert WOODFOX, Petitioner-Appellee, v. Burl CAIN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary; James Caldwell, Respondents-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 12, 2015.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher Albert Aberle , Mandeville, LA, George H. Kendall , Carine M. Williams , Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP, New York, N.Y., Nicholas Joseph Trenticosta, Esq. , Attorney, Herrero & Trenticosta, New Orleans, LA, for Petitioner-Appellee.

Colin Andrew Clark, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Louisiana, Baton Rouge, LA, for Respondents-Appellants.

Before SMITH, ELROD, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

In 2013, the district court a quo granted Albert Woodfox's petition for writ of habeas corpus on the ground of racial discrimination in the selection of the foreperson of the grand jury. This court affirmed and, on remand, the district court, on June 8, 2015, entered an unconditional writ releasing Woodfox and...

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