BUNTION v. LUMPKIN

No. 22-70003 consolidated with No. 22-70004.

31 F.4th 952 (2022)

Carl Wayne BUNTION, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Bobby LUMPKIN, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee. Carl Wayne Buntion, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Bryan Collier, Bobby Lumpkin, Dennis Crowley, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED April 20, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David R. Dow , Jeffrey R. Newberry , University of Houston, Law Center, Houston, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Cara Hanna , Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before Costa, Duncan, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.


Carl Buntion killed a police officer. The State of Texas prosecuted him for capital murder, and a jury convicted him. He has been sentenced to death twice. He has unsuccessfully applied for postconviction relief in state and federal court, several times each. Most recently, a federal district court denied him a...

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