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Nature of Suit Code: 535
Nature of Suit: Habeas Corpus - Death Penalty
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

 FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF ALABAMA

 NORTHERN DIVISION

HOLLY WOOD, )

)

Petitioner, )

v. ) Civil Action No. 2:04cv509-WHA

)

RICHARD ALLEN, Commissioner of the ) (WO)

Alabama Department of Corrections, )

TROY KING, Attorney General )

for the State of Alabama, )

)

Respondents. )

ORDER

This cause is before the court on the Judgment, issued as mandate by the Eleventh

Circuit Court of Appeals on November 24, 2008, which affirms this court’s November 20,

2006 Order denying Wood’s Atkins and Batson claims, but reverses the grant of the writ of

habeas corpus based on ineffective assistance of counsel, and remands the case to this court

with instructions to deny Wood’s § 2254 petition.

Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED that Wood’s 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for writ

of habeas corpus is DENIED.

DONE this 1st day of December, 2008.

 /s/ W. Harold Albritton 

W. HAROLD ALBRITTON

SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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