Legal Opinion
Rosales v. Quarterman
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 14, 2009No. 09-70013PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Per curiam
Petitioner Michael Rosales is scheduled to be executed Wednesday, April 15, 2009. On April 8, 2009, he filed motions in the Northern District of Texas for appointment of counsel to assist in clemency proceedings and for a stay of his execution. Rosales appeals the district court’s denial of both motions for stay of execution and for appointment of counsel, asking us to reverse and to grant the motions. For the reasons set forth below, we AFFIRM the judgment of the district court.
I. BACKGROUND
The procedural history of Rosales’s case is as follows:
In May 1998, Rosales was convicted and…
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