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AYESTAS v. DAVIS

No. 16-6795.

138 S.Ct. 1080 (2018)

584 U.S. 28

Carlos Manuel AYESTAS, aka Dennis Zelaya Corea, Petitioner v. Lorie DAVIS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 21, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee Kovarsky , appointed by this Court, Baltimore, MD, for Petitioner.

Scott A. Keller , Austin, Texas, for Respondent.

Meaghan VerGow , Deanna M. Rice , Paul T. Stepnowsky , Jason Zarrow , Samantha Goldstein , Kimya Saied , Kathryn A. Clifford , O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC, Lee B. Kovarsky , The Powell Project, Baltimore, MD, Callie Heller , The Powell Project, Austin, TX, Jared Tyler , Texas Defender Service, Houston, TX, Sheri Lynn Johnson , Cornell Law School, Ithaca, NY, for Petitioner.

Ken Paxton , Attorney General of Texas, Jeffrey C. Mateer , First Assistant Attorney General, Scott A. Keller , Solicitor General, J. Campbell Barker , Deputy Solicitor General, Beth Klusmann , Jason R. LaFond , Assistant Solicitors General, Office of the Attorney General, Austin, Texas, for Respondent.

Petitioner Carlos Ayestas, who was convicted of murder and sentenced to death in a Texas court, argues that he was wrongfully denied funding for investigative services needed to prove his entitlement to federal habeas relief. Petitioner moved for funding under 18 U.S.C. § 3599(f), which makes...

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