THOMAS v. LUMPKIN

No. 17-70002.

995 F.3d 432 (2021)

Andre Lee THOMAS, Petitioner-Appellant v. Bobby LUMPKIN, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed April 23, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maurie Levin , Philadelphia, PA, Donald Lee Bailey , Sherman, TX, Catherine M. A. Carroll , Danielle Mary Spinelli , Derek Woodman , Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Petitioner-Appellant.

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

Before JONES, SOUTHWICK, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.


Andre Lee Thomas, an inmate on death row in Texas, filed a federal habeas application, arguing that his counsel was constitutionally ineffective in numerous ways at trial and sentencing. We granted a certificate of appealability on four of Thomas's issues. We now AFFIRM.

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