SORTO v. DAVIS

No. 16-70005.

881 F.3d 933 (2018)

Walter Alexander SORTO, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Lorie DAVIS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed February 7, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Jason R. LaFond, Stephen M. Hoffman, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, Katherine D. Hayes, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before JOLLY, DENNIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.


Treating Respondent-Appellee's petition for rehearing en banc as a petition for panel rehearing, the petition for panel rehearing is GRANTED. The prior opinion, Sorto v. Davis, 859 F.3d 356 (5th Cir. 2017), is withdrawn, and a revised opinion will be...

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