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RUIZ v. STEPHENS

No. 11-70011.

849 F.3d 239 (2017)

Rolando RUIZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. William STEPHENS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed February 21, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn M. Kase, Esq. , Burke Morley Butler , Texas Defender Service, Houston, TX, Lee Benjamin Kovarsky, Esq. , University of Maryland Law School, Baltimore, MD, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Jeremy Craig Greenwell, Esq. , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Postconviction Litigation Division, George A. d'Hemecourt , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DENNIS, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.

Rolando Ruiz murdered Theresa Rodriguez for remuneration on July 14, 1992, a crime for which he has been convicted and sentenced to death. In the two decades since, Ruiz has enjoyed the full benefit of the procedural protections of the laws of the United States and the State of Texas. With less than a month...

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