NOT RECOMMENDED FOR FULL-TEXT PUBLICATION
File Name: 08a0229n.06
Filed: May 5, 2008
Nos. 08-5107/5108
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT
PAUL G. HOUSE, )
) ON APPEAL FROM THE
Petitioner-Appellee/ ) UNITED STATES DISTRICT
Cross-Appellant, ) COURT FOR THE EASTERN
) DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
v. )
) MEMORANDUM
RICKY BELL, Warden, ) OPINION
)
Respondent-Appellant/ )
Cross-Appellee. )
BEFORE: MERRITT, NORRIS, and SILER, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM. Warden Ricky Bell, represented by the Attorney General of the State of
Tennessee, appeals from the conditional grant of a writ of habeas corpus, 28 U.S.C. § 2254, to
petitioner Paul G. House, who has been under sentence of death since 1986. In addition to the
assignments of error raised by respondent, petitioner cross-appeals the denial of habeas relief on the
alleged misuse of fiber evidence by the prosecution.
As the date of conviction confirms, this case has a long procedural history, which we see no
reason to recite here. Suffice it to say that this court, sitting en banc, previously upheld the denial
of the writ in a closely divided decision. House v. Bell, 386 F.3d 668 (6th Cir. 2004) (en banc). The
Supreme Court reversed, however. House v. Bell, 547 U.S. 518 (2006). We then remanded the
matter to the district court for further proceedings consistent with that opinion. House v. Bell, 466
Nos. 08-5107/5108
House v. Bell, Warden
F.3d 549 (6th Cir. 2006). The district court granted a conditional writ vacating the conviction and
sentence unless the State retried petitioner within 180 days.
Having had the benefit of the guidance provided by the Supreme Court, as well as the
extensive briefing and oral argument of the parties, we now affirm the judgment of the district court
for the reasons set forth in its memorandum opinion dated December 20, 2007. Given the extensive
consideration that this case has received in the course of its twenty-year history, a detailed opinion
by this court would serve no useful purpose and would only further delay resolution of this matter.
The judgment of the district court is affirmed.
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