JONES, Chief Judge. Michael W. Lenz is a state prisoner under capital sentence who has given notice that he intends to file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in this court. On June 30, 2004, this court stayed Lenz’s execution, which was scheduled for the following day, pursuant to McFarland v. Scott, 512 U.S. 849, 859, 114 S.Ct. 2568, 129 L.Ed.2d 666 (1994) (<HOLDING>). This court also appointed counsel for Lenz
holding that a federal district court has jurisdiction to stay an execution prior to the filing of a formal habeas corpus petition holding that the pendency of a petitioners federal habeas corpus petition does not divest a trial court of jurisdiction to address a pcra petition holding that section 236e does not strip the court of jurisdiction to consider the merits of petitioners habeas corpus petition holding that managing conservator while in texas to seek return of child by writ of habeas corpus may not be served with civil process and is subject to jurisdiction of court in which habeas corpus is pending and only for purpose of prosecuting writ of habeas corpus holding that a petition for review is an adequate substitute for habeas corpus