POREE v. COLLINS

No. 14-30129.

866 F.3d 235 (2017)

Carlos POREE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Kandy COLLINS, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED July 28, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine Maris Mattes, Esq. , Tulane Law School, Criminal Clinic, New Orleans, LA, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Christopher James Ponoroff , District Attorney's Office for the Parish of Orleans, New Orleans, LA, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, ELROD, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.


Appellant Carlos Poree is an insanity acquittee who has been in the custody of the Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System (ELMHS) since 1999. After a state court denied Poree conditional release to Harmony House Transitional Center ("Harmony House"), Poree sought federal habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254...

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