Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2017-12-15 01:00:32.559836+00
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Case: 16-70028      Document: 00514273588         Page: 1    Date Filed: 12/14/2017

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

                                      No. 16-70028
                                                                     United States Court of Appeals
                                                                              Fifth Circuit

                                                                            FILED
GERONIMO RENE GUTIERREZ,                                            December 14, 2017
                                                                       Lyle W. Cayce
              Petitioner - Appellant                                        Clerk

v.

LORIE DAVIS, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL
JUSTICE, CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS DIVISION,

              Respondent - Appellee

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Western District of Texas
                             USDC No. 5:09-CV-543

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, HAYNES, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
       On August 30, 2017, we granted Appellant’s motion to stay proceedings
in order to allow him to pursue an Atkins claim in state court in light of the
Supreme Court’s decision in Moore v. Texas, 137 S. Ct. 1039 (2017). Because
we granted Appellant’s motion based on his Atkins argument, we had no need
to determine whether a stay was warranted pending the Supreme Court’s

       * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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.
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                                No. 16-70028

decision in Wilson v. Sellers, No. 16-6855, 2017 WL 737820 (S. Ct. Feb. 27,
2017). We again decline to reach the merits of Appellant’s Sellers argument.
      However, we granted a stay premised on Appellant’s statement that he
would promptly file his Atkins claim within ninety days of the Court’s stay
order. Appellant failed to do so, instead filing a “status update” informing the
court that he requires until February 26, 2018, to do so. We treat Appellant’s
status update as a motion for extension of time to file and, finding good cause,
GRANT that motion.
      IT IS ORDERED that Appellant shall have until February 26, 2018, to
file his new Atkins claim.
      IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Appellee’s motion for clarification,
ECF No. 61, is DENIED as moot.

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