Case Name: Paul Allan LARSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Doug DRETKE, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-06-18
Citations: 101 F. App'x 433
Docket Number: No. 03 — 10925
Parties: Paul Allan LARSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Doug DRETKE, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS and PRADO, Circuit Judges. •
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 101
Pages: 433–434

Head Matter:
Paul Allan LARSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Doug DRETKE, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 03 — 10925.
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
June 18, 2004.
Paul Larson, Lovelady, TX, pro se.
Toni Raven Estaville, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS and PRADO, Circuit Judges. •

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Paul Allan Larson, Texas prisoner § 452522, appeals the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition challenging disci plinary proceeding § 20030044031. Larson was granted a certificate of appealability (COA) on the issue whether he was deprived due process when he was allegedly denied the right to call witnesses in his defense. See Larson v. Dretke, No. 03-40925 (5th Cir. Dec.22, 2003) (unpublished). Larson has also moved to supplement the record and for appointment of counsel.
Review of the disciplinary hearing transcript does not support Larson's contention that he was denied the opportunity to call defense witnesses. The hearing officer provided Larson with such an opportunity; inmate Daniel Johnson was called to testify on his behalf, and Larson did not ask to present any other witnesses. Although Larson stated that other witnesses could testify that his property was already packed and ready for the move to the north gym, the charging officer did not dispute this fact. Witness testimony on that issue would therefore have been cumulative. Consequently, the absence of testimony on this issue did not result in a due process deprivation. See Wolff v. McDonnell, 418 U.S. 539, 663-66, 94 S.Ct. 2963, 41 L.Ed.2d 935 (1974).
Insofar as Larson asks this court to revisit his claims of ineffective assistance of counsel substitute and insufficiency of the evidence, we decline to do so as theses issues are outside the scope of the COA grant. See Lackey v. Johnson, 116 F.3d 149, 152 (5th Cir.1997).
AFFIRMED; ALL OUTSTANDING MOTIONS DENIED.
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.