Legal Opinion
Mata v. Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 31, 1996No. 96-20218PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIENER, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner-Appellant Ramon Mata, Jr., a Texas death row inmate, appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Respondent-Appellee Gary Johnson, Director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (the Director), denying and dismissing with prejudice Mata’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
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FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS
In February 1986, Mata was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for the murder of Minnie Rene Houston, a black female prison guard in the Ellis…
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