Case Name: Carl Edwin WIGGINS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1982-11-08
Citations: 691 F.2d 213
Docket Number: No. 80-2278
Parties: Carl Edwin WIGGINS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before GARZA, POLITZ and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 691
Pages: 213–216

Head Matter:
Carl Edwin WIGGINS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. W. J. ESTELLE, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 80-2278.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Nov. 8, 1982.
Craig Smyser, Houston, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.
Leslie A. Benitez, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondent-appellee.
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING AND SUGGESTION FOR REHEARING EN BANC
(Opinion July 26, 1982, 5 Cir., 1982, 681 F.2d 266)
Before GARZA, POLITZ and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.
Judge Garza, author of the opinion, took senior status just prior to the rendition of the opinion and did not participate in the en banc vote.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The Petition for Rehearing is DENIED and the Court having been polled at the request of one of the members of the Court and a majority of the Circuit Judges who are in regular active service not having voted in favor of it, (Rule 35 Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure; Local Fifth Circuit Rule 16) the Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc is also DENIED.
Before CHARLES CLARK, Chief Judge, BROWN, GEE, RUBIN, REAVLEY, POL-ITZ, RANDALL, TATE, JOHNSON, WILLIAMS, GARWOOD, JOLLY and HIGGIN-BOTHAM, Circuit Judges .