Scott Panetti v. William Stephens, Director ( 2014 )

Case: 14-70037 Document: 00512855649 Page: 1 Date Filed: 12/03/2014
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 14-70037 United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
SCOTT PANETTI December 3, 2014
Lyle W. Cayce
Petitioner - Appellant Clerk
v.
WILLIAM STEPHENS, 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. 1:04-CV-42
Before STEWART, Chief Judge, and HIGGINBOTHAM and OWEN, Circuit
Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
We STAY the execution pending further order of the court to allow us to
fully consider the late arriving and complex legal questions at issue in this
matter. 1 An order setting a briefing schedule and oral argument will follow.
* 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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.
1 See 28 U.S.C. § 2251(a)(3); McFarland v. Scott, 512 U.S. 849, 858 (1994).