Legal Opinion
Mathis v. Thaler
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 20, 2010No. 08-70021PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARL E. STEWART, Circuit Judge:
In April 2007, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3), this court permitted petitioner-appellant Milton Wunzael Mathis to file a successive federal habeas application asserting a claim based upon Atkins v. Virginia, 536 U.S. 304, 122 S.Ct. 2242, 153 L.Ed.2d 335 (2002), the Supreme Court case barring the execution of mentally retarded persons. The district court dismissed Mathis’s successive federal habeas application on the grounds that: (1) Mathis failed to meet the requirements of 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(2); and (2) his petition was untimely and not entitled to…
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