Case Name: Ex parte John Alvin McNEIL
Court: Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Texas
Decision Date: 1979-10-24
Citations: 588 S.W.2d 592
Docket Number: No. 54451
Parties: Ex parte John Alvin McNEIL.
Judges: 
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 588
Pages: 592–593

Head Matter:
Ex parte John Alvin McNEIL.
No. 54451.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, En Banc.
Oct. 24, 1979.
Robert Huttash, State’s Atty., Austin, for the State.

Opinion:
OPINION
DALLY, Judge.
The petitioner now has pending in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas in Civil Action No. H-79-393 styled John Alvin McNeil, Petitioner v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department of Corrections, Respondent, an application for writ of habeas corpus seeking the same relief that he seeks here. Since that court has entertained and retained jurisdiction of the matter we dismiss this application as we did in Ex parte Powers, 487 S.W.2d 101 (Tex.Cr.App.1972) and Ex parte Green, 548 S.W.2d 914 (Tex.Cr.App.1977). See also Galtieri v. Wainwright, 582 F.2d 348 (5th Cir. 1978).
It is so ordered.