Arturo Galvan v. Janie Cockrell, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division

DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:

In January 1996, Arturo Galvan was convicted by a jury in state court of aggravated kidnaping. Galvan pleaded true to repeat offender charges and was sentenced to 40 years of imprisonment. His conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal; Galvan’s first of two state habeas applications, pertaining to the revocation of his probation which was used to enhance his sentence, was denied by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals without a written order. Galvan’s second state habeas application was filed on September 21, 1998, and was also denied by the Texas Court of…