UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
Filed 10/22/96
FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT
JOSE HERNANDEZ,
Petitioner-Appellant,
v. No. 95-2230
(D.C. No. CIV-94-44-HB)
DONALD DORSEY, ATTORNEY (D. N.M.)
GENERAL OF THE STATE OF NEW
MEXICO,
Respondents-Appellees.
ORDER AND JUDGMENT *
Before BRISCOE and MURPHY, Circuit Judges, and VAN BEBBER, ** District
Judge.
After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined
unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist the determination of
*
This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the
doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. The court
generally disfavors the citation of orders and judgments; nevertheless, an order
and judgment may be cited under the terms and conditions of 10th Cir. R. 36.3.
**
Honorable G. Thomas Van Bebber, Chief Judge, United States District
Court for the District of Kansas, sitting by designation.
this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The case is therefore
ordered submitted without oral argument.
Petitioner Jose Hernandez appeals from the district court’s judgment
dismissing his second federal habeas petition, filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254.
The only issue presented on appeal is whether the district court erred in
dismissing petitioner’s double jeopardy claim as abuse of the writ. Our
jurisdiction over this appeal arises under 28 U.S.C. § 1291.
On appeal, petitioner concedes that he filed two federal habeas petitions,
and that his double jeopardy claim was not raised in his first petition. He asserts
as cause for this failing 1) his reliance on “jailhouse lawyers,” 2) his inability to
speak English, and 3) ineffectiveness of counsel on his first habeas petition.
After careful consideration of the parties’ briefs on appeal and the appendix
provided on appeal, we conclude that the district court correctly decided this case.
Therefore, for substantially the same reasons as set out in the magistrate judge’s
report, dated September 1, 1995, adopted by the district court on September 19,
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1995, the judgment of the United States District Court for the District of New
Mexico is AFFIRMED.
Entered for the Court
G. Thomas Van Bebber
District Judge
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