Eric Randall NANCE, Petitioner/Appellee, v. Larry NORRIS, Director, Arkansas Department of Correction, Respondent/Appellant, 429 F.3d 1194

PER CURIAM. Before the court is respondent’s motion to vacate a stay of execution entered by the district court. We grant the motion and vacate the stay. On November 14, 2005, petitioner filed a pleading captioned “Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus” accompanied by a motion for stay of execution. The district court construed the petition as a requested amendment to the previously filed petition in district court, case number: 5:00-CV-00339 (“CV-00339”). The district court, after making findings of fact and conclusions of law, granted a motion to amend the habeas corpus petition, and granted the stay of execution.

On January 24, 2005, petitioner filed a petition to remand in CV:00339 seeking the same relief sought in the present filings. Construing the motion to remand as a motion to file a successive 28 U.S.C. § 2244 habeas petition, we denied the motion. We view the present filings as yet another attempt to avoid the requirements of 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A). Accordingly, we deny a motion for interlocutory appeal, vacate the district court’s stay of execution and dismiss the petition for habeas corpus. . On January 23, 2003, the district court denied habeas relief and dismissed CV-00339.

We affirmed this action on December 10, 2004. Our mandate issued on October 12, 2005. The case is closed.