Case Name: John Lezell BALENTINE, 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: 2012-08-21
Citations: 692 F.3d 352
Docket Number: No. 12-70023
Parties: John Lezell BALENTINE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Rick THALER, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before STEWART, OWEN and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: Federal Reporter 3d Series
Volume: 692
Pages: 352–357

Head Matter:
John Lezell BALENTINE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Rick THALER, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 12-70023.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Aug. 21, 2012.
Lydia M. Brandt, Brandt Law Firm, P.C., Richardson, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.
Katherine Diane Hayes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of the Atty. Gen., Posteonviction Lit. Div., Austin, TX, for Respondent Appellee.
Before STEWART, OWEN and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The court having been polled 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 Rehearing En Banc is DENIED.
Voting for en banc rehearing were: Judge James L. Dennis, Judge Leslie H. Southwick, Judge James E. Graves, and Judge Stephen A. Higginson. Voting against en banc rehearing were: Chief Judge Edith H. Jones, Judge Carolyn D. King; Judge E. Grady Jolly, Judge W. Eugene Davis, Judge Jerry E. Smith, Judge Carl E. Stewart, Judge Edith B. Clement, Judge Edward C. Prado, Judge Priscilla R. Owen, Judge Jennifer W. Elrod, Judge Catharina Haynes.
Upon the filing of this order, the clerk shall issue the mandate forthwith. See FED. R.App. P. 41(b).