Colvin v. Tanner

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA SHREVEPORT DIVISION JAMES L. COLVIN CIVIL ACTION NO. 19-923-P VERSUS JUDGE FOOTE WARDEN ROBERT TANNER MAGISTRATE JUDGE HORNSBY J U D G M E N T Petitioner has filed a motion to amend [Record Document 16] attempting to assert a violation of the rule enunciated in McCoy v. Louisiana,

138 S. Ct. 1500

(2018). He contends that this is permitted by 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(2)(A), which allows a court to hear a claim presented in a second or successive habeas petition when the claim “relies on a new rule of constitutional law, made…