United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit F I L E D IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS March 15, 2007 FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Charles R. Fulbruge III Clerk No. 06-70041

MICHAEL WAYNE HALL, Petitioner-Appellant versus NATHANIEL QUARTERMAN, DIRECTOR TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS DIVISION, Respondent-Appellee

Appeal from the United States District Court For the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth (06-CV-436)

Before KING, HIGGINBOTHAM, and GARZA, Circuit Judges.

BY THE COURT: We grant a certificate of appealability on Michael Wayne Hall’s Atkins claim.1 The case will be scheduled for oral argument before this panel.

We are not presently persuaded to grant and we defer decision upon the application for a certificate of appealability on Hall’s Ring2 and Penry3 claims until after oral argument. The Court does

Atkins v. Virginia , 506 U.S. 314 (2002); Hall v. Texas, 537 U.S. 802 (2002).

Ring v. Arizona, 536 U.S. 584 (2002).

Penry v. Johnson, 532 U.S. 782 (2001). not request but the parties may supplement the Ring and Penry claims and offer argument, if they wish to do so. So ORDERED.