Leo Edwards, Jr., Petitioner-appellant, v. Lee Roy Black, Commissioner Mississippi Department Ofcorrections, Respondent-appellee, 876 F.2d 377 (5th Cir. 1989)

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US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit - 876 F.2d 377 (5th Cir. 1989) June 17, 1989

Clive A. Stafford Smith, Atlanta, Ga., for petitioner-appellant.

Mike Moore, Atty. Gen., Marvin L. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for respondent-appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court For the Southern District of Mississippi, William H. Barbour, Jr., Judge.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, and WILLIAMS and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:


Edwards seeks in this successive writ petition a certificate of probable cause and stay of execution. For the reasons stated in the district court's opinion of June 16, 1989, we are persuaded that Edwards has not demonstrated a "substantial showing of the denial of a federal right." Barefoot v. Estelle, 463 U.S. 880, 893, 103 S. Ct. 3383, 3394, 77 L. Ed. 2d 1090 (1983).

Accordingly, the application for certificate of probable cause and stay of execution is DENIED.

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