Gregory Lawrence Moore v. Janie Cockrell, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Janie Cockrell, Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division, appeals the district court’s grant of the writ of habeas corpus to the petitioner, Gregory Lawrence Moore. We conclude that under the deferential scheme of 28 U.S.C. § 2254 the decision of the state court was not contrary to or an unreasonable application of clearly established federal law as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States.

Following conviction in state court for failure to appear and an unsuccessful direct appeal, Moore filed two…