Billy Crutsinger v. Lorie Davis, Director

JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

*585 Billy Crutsinger is a Texas inmate sentenced to death for capital murder. See Crutsinger v. State , 206 S.W.3d 607 , 608-09 (Tex. Crim. App. 2006). He requested $500 in funding under 18 U.S.C. § 3599 for a preliminary review of DNA evidence. The district court denied the request, deeming the funds not "reasonably necessary" under the statute. Discerning no abuse of discretion, we affirm.

I

The district court ably summarized the relevant facts:

Crutsinger's crime involved the stabbing deaths of 89-year-old Pearl Magourik and her 71-year-old daughter, Patricia Syren,…