Case Name: Gilberto D. HERNANDEZ, 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: 2010-02-18
Citations: 366 F. App'x 530
Docket Number: No. 07-10424
Parties: Gilberto D. HERNANDEZ, Petitioner-Appellant v. Rick THALER, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before REAVLEY, WIENER, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 366
Pages: 530–531

Head Matter:
Gilberto D. HERNANDEZ, Petitioner-Appellant v. Rick THALER, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 07-10424.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Feb. 18, 2010.
Gilberto D. Hernandez, Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division Robertson Unit, Abilene, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.
Sallie Christian-Carnal, Office of the Attorney General Postconviction Litigation Div., Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.
Before REAVLEY, WIENER, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Judges WIENER and SOUTHWICK join in this opinion by Judge REAVLEY.
Judge WIENER joins the concurring opinion of Judge SOUTHWICK.
ON PETITION FOR REHEARING
REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:
The petition for rehearing led to an en banc poll that began but was then can-celled, leaving the petition in the hands of the panel. We now grant rehearing, withdraw the prior ruling, and affirm the judgment of the trial court.
As was explained in our prior opinion, the Petitioner Hernandez sought review of his Texas sentence because of his expectation of a different term and complained that there had been a violation of the Double Jeopardy Clause of the United States Constitution.
Because Texas has not prosecuted Hernandez a second time for the same offense and has not punished him multiple times for the same offense, there is no violation of Double Jeopardy. See United, States v. DiFrancesco, 449 U.S. 117, 101 S.Ct. 426, 66 L.Ed.2d 828 (1980). Even if Mr. Hernandez did expect for good reason that his sentence would end before 2014, and even if it were an unexpected ruling by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Ex Parte Forward, 258 S.W.3d 151 (Tex.Crim. App.2008), no constitutional right has been violated.
AFFIRMED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.