Walter Sorto v. Lorie Davis, Director

EDWARD C. PRADO, Circuit Judge:

On December 1, 2016, this Court issued a nondispositive opinion denying certificates of appealability (“COAs”) with respect to Petitioner-Appellant Walter Alexander Sorto’s Miranda and ineffective assistance of counsel claims. Sorto v. Davis, 672 Fed.Appx. 342 (5th Cir. 2016) (per curiam). The opinion reserved judgment on the issue of whether the district court abused its discretion in denying requests for funding that would have enabled Sorto to obtain testing to determine whether he has an intellectual disability. 1 Id. at 344. In connection with this issue,…