James Paul Burns, Petitioner-appellant, v. W. J. Estelle, Jr., Director, Texas Department Ofcorrections, and Robert Cousins, Warden, Ellisunit, Texas Department of Corrections,respondents-appellees

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. - 598 F.2d 1016

June 21, 1979

Richard J. Clarkson, Beaumont, Tex., for petitioner-appellant.

Joel Berger, New York City Legal Defense Fund and Educational Fund, Inc., NAACP, amicus curiae.

Anita Ashton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Austin, Tex., for respondents-appellees.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, COLEMAN, GOLDBERG, AINSWORTH, GODBOLD, CLARK, RONEY, GEE, TJOFLAT, HILL, FAY, RUBIN, VANCE and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.

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BY THE COURT:

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A member of the Court in active service having requested a poll on the application for rehearing en banc and a majority of the judges in active service having voted in favor of granting a rehearing en banc,

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IT IS ORDERED that the cause shall be reheard by the Court en banc with oral argument on a date hereafter to be fixed. The Clerk will specify a briefing schedule for the filing of supplemental briefs.

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BURNS v. ESTELLE