Case Name: Felix ROCHA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Rick THALER, 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: 2010-12-17
Citations: 628 F.3d 218
Docket Number: Nos. 05-70028, 09-70018
Parties: Felix ROCHA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Rick THALER, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 628
Pages: 218–237

Head Matter:
Felix ROCHA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Rick THALER, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.
Nos. 05-70028, 09-70018.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Dec. 17, 2010.
Kathryn M. Kase (Court-Appointed), David R. Dow, Managing Sr. Counsel (argued) (Courh-Appointed), Tex. Def. Serv., Houston, TX, for Rocha.
Edward Larry Marshall (argued), Post-conviction Lit. Div., Austin, TX, for Thaler.
(Panel Rehearing Denied Nov. 17, 2010)
Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The court having been polled at the request of one of the members of the court and a majority of the judges who are in regular active service and not disqualified not having voted in favor (Fed. R.App. P. And 5th Cir. R. 35), the Petition for Rehearing En Banc is DENIED.
Voting against en banc rehearing were: Chief Judge Edith H. Jones, Judge Carolyn Dineen King, Judge E. Grady Jolly, Judge W. Eugene Davis, Judge Jerry E. Smith, Judge Emilio M. Garza, Judge Carl E. Stewart, Judge Edith B. Clement, Judge Edward C. Prado, Judge Priscilla R. Owen, and Judge Leslie H. Southwick.
Voting for en banc rehearing were: Judge Fortunato P. Benavides, Judge James L. Dennis, Judge Jennifer W. Elrod, and Judge Catharina Haynes.
Upon the filing of this order, the clerk shall issue the mandate forthwith. See Fed. RApp. P. 41(b).
In 2009, the court decided to begin identifying the judges voting for or against en banc rehearing where a poll is taken and the request for en banc rehearing is denied.