Case Name: Lionel E. LEWIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Burl CAIN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-07-17
Citations: 188 F. App'x 326
Docket Number: No. 04-30648
Parties: Lionel E. LEWIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Burl CAIN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 188
Pages: 326–326

Head Matter:
Lionel E. LEWIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Burl CAIN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 04-30648.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided July 17, 2006.
Thomas M. Calogero, Regan & Associates, New Orleans, LA, Kris A. Moe, Tucson, AZ, for Petitioner-Appellant.
Andrea F. Long, District Attorney’S Office for The Parish of Jefferson, Gretna, LA, for Respondent-Appellee.
Before JOLLY, PRADO, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
This appeal of the District Court's denial of habeas corpus was limited to the issue of whether the state prosecutor substantially interfered with petitioner's right to call a confidential informant as a defense witness. Petitioner failed to present this claim properly to the state court. Failure to exhaust state remedies bars federal habeas relief. Whitehead v. Johnson, 157 F.3d 384, 387 (5th Cir.1998). Therefore, the judgment of the District Court is
AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.