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AYESTAS v. STEPHENS

No. 15-70015.

817 F.3d 888 (2016)

Carlos Manuel AYESTAS, also known as Dennis Zelaya Corea, Petitioner-Appellant v. William STEPHENS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 22, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Edward Mansur , Denver City, TX, Lee Benjamin Kovarsky, Esq. , University of Maryland Law School, Baltimore, MD, Benjamin Barrett Wolff , Texas Defender Service, Austin, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Jeremy Craig Greenwell, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Tina J. Miranda , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before DAVIS, SMITH, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

The district court denied Carlos Manuel Ayestas relief from his capital sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. It then denied him investigative assistance under 18 U.S.C. § 3599(f) to develop evidence that might prove his previous attorneys were ineffective. Ayestas appeals these decisions. We AFFIRM.

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