House v. Bell, No. 00-6136 (6th Cir. 2006)

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RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION Pursuant to Sixth Circuit Rule 206 File Name: 06a0394p.06 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT _________________ PAUL GREGORY HOUSE, v. RICKY BELL, Warden, X Petitioner-Appellant, > , Respondent-Appellee. N No. 00-6136 Filed: October 25, 2006 _________________ ORDER _________________ This appeal is now before us on remand from the Supreme Court, House v. Bell, 126 S. Ct. 2064 (2006). In light of the Court s opinion (and the Tennessee attorney general s statement in respondent s brief before the Supreme Court that unexhausted issues remain under Tenn. Code. Ann. § 40-30-117(a)(2)(4)), we ask that the parties submit letter briefs addressing whether remand to the courts of Tennessee is appropriate in order to allow petitioner to exhaust his state-court remedies on his actual innocence claim. Letter briefs shall be due within sixty days of this order and shall not exceed fifteen pages. ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT /s/ Leonard Green ___________________________________ Clerk 1

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