Albert Woodfox v. Charles Foti

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge.

In 2013, the district court a quo granted Albert Woodfox’s petition for writ of habe-as corpus on the ground of racial discrimination in the selection of the foreperson of the grand jury. This court affirmed and, on remand, the district court, on June 8, 2015, entered an unconditional writ releasing Woodfox and prohibiting retrial, and it declined to stay its order. The state moves for an emergency stay of the release pending appeal. We granted a three-day stay to receive briefing and to consider the matter fully. We now grant the motion for stay of the order for…