Legal Opinion
Nolan Anthony Schouest v. John P. Whitley, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, and the Attorney General of the State of Louisiana
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 11, 1991No. 89-3759PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
On the Court’s own motion, the prior opinion in this case, 914 F.2d 713 (5th Cir. 1990) is withdrawn, and the following substituted in its place.
Nolan Anthony Schouest appeals the dismissal of his second petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He raises six issues in his second petition, filed in 1989, almost all of which were raised in his first petition, filed in 1981. The district court, adopting the report and recommendation of the magistrate to whom the case had been assigned, dismissed Schouest’s second petition as an abuse of the writ, and alternatively, denied it…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Charles Jones v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Prado McGee Jr. v. W.J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Steven D. Hamilton v. O.L. McCotter Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
- Glenn S. Passman v. Frank Blackburn, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, RespondentsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Jihaad A.M.E. Saahir v. James A. Collins, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Wilberto Riascos-Prado v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
- Kenneth David Skelton v. John P. Whitley, Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Larry Williams v. John P. Whitley, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, John Fulford v. John P. Whitley, Warden, Louisiana State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- Joseph Woods v. John P. Whitley, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1991
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