WHITAKER v. DAVIS

No. 16-70013.

853 F.3d 253 (2017)

Thomas Bartlett WHITAKER, Petitioner-Appellant v. Lorie DAVIS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED April 4, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Gregory Rytting , Philip Harlan Hilder , Hilder & Associates, P.C., Houston, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Matthew Hamilton Frederick , Deputy Solicitor General, Office of the Solicitor General, Matthew Dennis Ottoway , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before GRAVES, HIGGINSON, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.


Petitioner-Appellant Thomas Bartlett Whitaker appeals the district court's grant of summary judgment on his federal habeas claims. Whitaker v. Stephens, 2015 WL 1282182 (S.D. Tex. 2015). Based on our review of the briefs, the applicable law, oral argument before us, and the full record, we AFFIRM the judgment...

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