Carlos Ayestas v. William Stephens, Director

LESLIE H. SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judge:

*387 Carlos Manuel Ayestas is a prisoner on death row in Texas. We previously affirmed the district court's denial of his request under 18 U.S.C. § 3599 (f) for investigatory funding because he had not shown a "substantial need" that made the funds "reasonably necessary" to the representation. The Supreme Court held the statute does not require a showing of "substantial need" and remanded with instructions to consider only whether funding is "reasonably necessary."

We conclude that investigatory funding is not reasonably necessary because nothing would establish…