The opinion
IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
OF TEXAS
NO. WR-30,368-13
EX PARTE ROSS WAYNE NIX, Applicant
ON APPLICATION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
CAUSE NO. CR-15,610-J IN THE 253RD DISTRICT COURT
FROM LIBERTY COUNTY
Per curiam.
ORDER
Applicant was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. The Ninth Court of
Appeals affirmed his conviction. Nix v. State, No. 09-87-00019-CR (Tex. App. — Beaumont, May
4, 1988). Applicant filed this application for a writ of habeas corpus in the county of conviction, and
the district clerk forwarded it to this Court. See TEX . CODE CRIM . PROC. art. 11.07.
We have previously dismissed more than five subsequent applications in this cause. See TEX .
CODE CRIM . PROC . art. 11.07, § 4. It is obvious from the record that Applicant continues to raise
grounds that were previously rejected on the merits or that should have been raised in previous
applications. We hold that Applicant has abused the writ and filed a frivolous lawsuit. See Ex parte
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Jones, 97 S.W.3d 586 (Tex. Crim. App. 2003); TEX . GOV ’T CODE § 498.0045(a-1). Should
Applicant file future habeas applications in this cause, we will not consider the merits of his
applications unless he shows that the factual or legal basis of his grounds was unavailable in a
previously filed application. This application is dismissed.
Copies of this order shall be sent to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice–Correctional
Institutions Division and the Board of Pardons and Paroles.
Filed: June 30, 2021
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