                   IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                              FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

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                                     No. 99-31013
                                   Summary Calendar
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       RICHARD F. TREST,
                                                       Petitioner-Appellant,

                                         versus
       BURL CAIN, Warden, Louisiana
       State Penitentiary,

                                                       Respondent-Appellee.
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                  Appeal from the United States District Court for
                         the Western District of Louisiana
                             (USDC No. 91-CV-2131)
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                                  June 29, 2000
Before REAVLEY, JOLLY and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

       Appealing from the judgment against him, Richard Trest contends that the district
court improperly denied his petition for writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.
       The magistrate judge fully considered Trest’s contention and explained why Trest

was fully informed of his rights by the Mississippi court. And under the prior holdings of
this court in this case the procedural bar may be and was invoked to deny the writ. Trest



   *
    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not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set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.
v. Whitley, 94 F.3d 1005 (5th Cir. 1996), Magouirk v. Phillips, 144 F.3d 348 (5th Cir.
1998).

         AFFIRMED.




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