YOUNG v. GUTIERREZ

No. 18-70023.

895 F.3d 829 (2018)

Christopher Anthony YOUNG, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. David GUTIERREZ, Chair of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles; James Lafavers, Member of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles; Brian Long, Member of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles; Federico Rangel, Member of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles; Ed Robertson, Member of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles; Fred Solis, Member of the Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed July 17, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Dow , University of Houston, Law Center, Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Stephen M. Hoffman , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before SMITH, DENNIS, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.


Christopher Young was sentenced to death by a Texas jury for the murder of Hasmukh Patel. That sentence is scheduled to be carried out by the State of Texas on July 17, 2018.

After a series of unsuccessful state and federal habeas corpus challenges1 and upon being denied clemency, Young filed a 42 U.S.C...

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