Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit July 29, 2002, 98-20385 (Max Alexander Soffar v. Janie Cockrell, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional Division)

EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Petitioner Max Alexander Soffar (“Sof-far”), a Texas state prisoner convicted of capital murder, seeks a certificate of probable cause (“CPC”) to appeal the district court’s dismissal of his application for a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.