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Parties Involved:
Farhan Awan
Appellant
Lorie Davis, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 20-10413

Summary Calendar

FARHAN AWAN,

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 Northern District of Texas

USDC No. 4:20-CV-135

Before WIENER, HAYNES, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Farhan Awan, Texas prisoner # 2092220, filed a federal habeas 

application in the district court challenging his conviction of continuous sexual 

abuse of a child. Awan moved the district court for release pending disposition 

of his habeas application, asserting that he received ineffective assistance of 

counsel because counsel failed to strike a biased juror and complaining of 

* 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

May 26, 2020

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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dangerous prison conditions resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. The 

motion was denied, and this interlocutory appeal ensued.

For release pending disposition of his federal habeas application, Awan 

must “raise[] substantial constitutional claims upon which he has a high 

probability of success,” and he must show that “extraordinary or exceptional 

circumstances exist which make the grant of bail necessary to make the habeas 

remedy effective.” Calley v. Callaway, 496 F.2d 701, 702 (5th Cir. 1974); see 

also Watson v. Goodwin, 709 F. App’x 311, 312(5th Cir. 2018) (applying Calley

to appeal of denial of bail in a federal habeas proceeding based upon a state 

conviction). Considering the deferential standard of review applicable in this 

habeas case, Awan has not shown that his ineffective assistance claim has a 

high probability of success. See id.; see also 28 U.S.C. §2254(d). The district 

court’s order is AFFIRMED. This decision neither makes nor intimates any 

determination with regard to the merits of Awan’s habeas application. To the 

extent that Awan also moves this court for release pending decision in his 

habeas case, the motion is DENIED.

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