HUMMEL v. DAVIS

No. 18-70004.

908 F.3d 987 (2018)

John HUMMEL, Petitioner-Appellant v. Lorie DAVIS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED November 19, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Mowla , Cedar Hill, TX, Kristin Renea Brown , Dallas, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Gwendolyn Suzanne Vindell , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Financial Litigation & Charitable Trusts Division, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, JONES, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.


John Hummel seeks a certificate of appealability to appeal the district court's denial of his federal habeas corpus petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. We find that Hummel has not shown that jurists of reason could debate whether the district court erred in denying his petition, and so we must deny his application...

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