Legal Opinion
Balentine v. Thaler
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 17, 2010No. 09-70026PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LESLIE H. SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judge:
No judge in active service on this court requested that the court be polled in response to the petition for rehearing en banc. The petition is denied. The petition for rehearing by the panel is GRANTED. The prior opinion is withdrawn, and this opinion is substituted.
John Lezell Balentine, a Texas prisoner sentenced to death, appeals the district court’s denial of his Rule 60(b) motion to set aside that court’s 2009 judgment. We initially held his arguments to be valid. Balentine v. Thaler, 609 F.3d 729 (5th Cir.2010). On rehearing, we conclude that a ruling…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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3Cited by56 opinions
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