Case Name: Leo EDWARDS, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Lee Roy BLACK, Commissioner Mississippi Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1989-06-17
Citations: 876 F.2d 377
Docket Number: No. 89-4458
Parties: Leo EDWARDS, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Lee Roy BLACK, Commissioner Mississippi Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before CLARK, Chief Judge, and WILLIAMS and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 876
Pages: 377–377

Head Matter:
Leo EDWARDS, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Lee Roy BLACK, Commissioner Mississippi Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 89-4458.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
June 17, 1989.
Clive A. Stafford Smith, Atlanta, Ga., for petitioner-appellant.
Mike Moore, Atty. Gen., Marvin L. White, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for respondent-appellee.
Before CLARK, Chief Judge, and WILLIAMS and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Edwards seeks in this successive writ petition a certificate of probable cause and stay of execution. For the reasons stated in the district court's opinion of June 16, 1989, we are persuaded that Edwards has not demonstrated a "substantial showing of the denial of a federal right." Barefoot v. Estelle, 463 U.S. 880, 893, 103 S.Ct. 3383, 3394, 77 L.Ed.2d 1090 (1983).
Accordingly, the application for certificate of probable cause and stay of execution is DENIED.