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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                         FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

                        _______________________

                              No. 95-10776
                            Summary Calendar
                        _______________________

MIGUEL REYNA,

                                                    Petitioner-Appellant,

                                  versus

GARY L. JOHNSON, Director,
Texas Department of Criminal Justice,
Institutional Division,

                                                     Respondent-Appellee.

_________________________________________________________________

           Appeal from the United States District Court
                for the Northern District of Texas
                      USDC No. 6:95-CV-035-C
_________________________________________________________________

                              July 17, 1996

Before JOLLY, JONES, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

           Miguel Reyna appeals the dismissal of his habeas corpus

petition on grounds of writ abuse.       Having reviewed the record and

briefs, we AFFIRM the judgment for essentially the same reasons

adopted by the district court.       Reyna v. Scott, No. 6:95-CV-045-C

(N.D. Tex. Aug. 3, 1995).      We add that petitioner has not alleged

     *
            Pursuant to Local Rule 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opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited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 Local Rule 47.5.4.
facts sufficient to bypass the cause and prejudice requirement with

a showing of “factual innocence.”   Sawyer v. Whitley, ___ U.S. ___,

112 S. Ct. 2514 (1992).   He alleges that he shot his former lover

twice in self-defense at close range with a 12-gauge shotgun. This

issue, far from being concealed, was sent to the jury, and they

rejected it.   Such facts do not amount to a colorable claim of

innocence that would permit Reyna to escape the doctrine of writ

abuse.

          The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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