Brewer v. Quarterman

474 F.3d 207

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Decided: December 27, 2007
• Docket: 04-70034
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit

FILED December 27, 2007 No. 04-70034 Charles R. Fulbruge III Clerk

BRENT RAY BREWER,

Petitioner-Appellee,

v.

NATHANIEL QUARTERMAN, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division,

Respondent-Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas

ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

Before JOLLY, SMITH, and GARZA, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:

This court reversed the district court’s judgment conditionally granting a writ of habeas corpus. Brewer v. Dretke, 442 F.3d 273 (5th Cir. 2006) (reversing Brewer v. Dretke, 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 14761 (N.D. Tex. Aug. 2, 2004)). The No. 04-70034

Supreme Court reversed. Brewer v. Quarterman, 127 S. Ct. 1706 (2007). The state acknowledges that in light of the denial of the petition for writ of certiorari in Nelson v. Quarterman, 472 F.3d 287 (5th Cir. 2006) (en banc), cert. denied, 127 S. Ct. 2974 (2007), this court should remand for re-entry of the conditional grant of habeas corpus relief. Accordingly, this matter is REMANDED so that the district court can re-enter its judgment to provide that a writ shall issue, vacating the sentence and commuting it to life imprisonment unless, within 180 days of the re-entry of judgment, the state grants a new sen- tencing hearing or commutes the sentence to life imprisonment.