Court Opinion

ID: 9469034
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 02:30:21.545251+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:41:10.951203
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ON PETITION FOR REHEARING
The decision in this case incorrectly treated Estelle v. White, No. 80-2039, and Estelle v. Hernandez, No. 80-2049, as a consolidated matter. Although the cause originally was a consolidated matter, in an order entered prior to our decision, we remanded Estelle v. White, No. 80-2039, to the district court for reconsideration in light of Sumner v. Mata, 449 U.S. 539, 101 S.Ct. 764, 66 L.Ed.2d 722 (1981). Unlike Estelle v. White, however, the district court in Estelle v. Hernandez, No. 80-2049, considered the state record as a whole and concluded that the state court’s factual determination was not clearly supported by the record and that the erroneous nature of the state’s determination was established by convincing evidence. See Estelle v. Hernandez, SA-78CA-216, slip op. at 4-5 (W.D.Tex. Aug. 18, 1980). Consequently, there is no Sumner v. Mata infirmity in Estelle v. Hernandez and we need not remand Estelle v. Hernandez as we did Estelle v. White. Accordingly, we MODIFY our opinion, striking all references to Estelle v. White, and in all other respects DENY the petition for rehearing.