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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-20543

MARLON DANTRUCE WILLIAMS, 

 Petitioner–Appellant,

v.

LORIE DAVIS, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL 

JUSTICE, CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS DIVISION, 

 Respondent–Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 4:14-CV-2098

Before JOLLY, SMITH, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

IT IS ORDERED that Appellee Lorie Davis’s unopposed motion to cancel 

oral argument is GRANTED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Appellee Lorie Davis’s unopposed 

motion to waive the exhaustion requirement pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b)(3) 

 

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not 

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH 

CIR. R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

December 29, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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with respect to those claims that were raised in Appellant Marlon Dantruce 

Williams’s state habeas application is GRANTED. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the district court’s judgment is 

VACATED, and this case is REMANDED to the district court to review 

Appellant Marlon Dantruce Williams’s federal habeas application on the 

merits with respect to those claims that were raised in Appellant’s state habeas 

application. This is a full remand. We place no limit on the matters that the 

district court may address, as needed, and we express no view on what rulings 

that court should make.

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