F I L E D
United States Court of Appeals
Tenth Circuit
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
NOV 16 1999
FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT
PATRICK FISHER
Clerk
MARVIN R. WASHINGTON,
Petitioner-Appellant,
v. No. 98-5134
(D.C. No. 95-CV-1077-C)
RONALD J. CHAMPION; (N.D. Okla.)
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE
STATE OF OKLAHOMA,
Respondents-Appellees.
ORDER AND JUDGMENT *
Before BRORBY, EBEL , and HENRY , Circuit Judges.
After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined
unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist the determination
of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2); 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). The case is
therefore ordered submitted without oral argument.
*
This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the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.
Marvin R. Washington was charged with first degree murder, convicted by
a jury of first degree manslaughter, and sentenced by the court to fifty years’
imprisonment. His conviction and sentence were affirmed on appeal. He
unsuccessfully sought habeas relief in the state courts, and then filed a petition
for habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court denied petitioner’s
habeas petition and his application for a certificate of probable cause for appeal. 1
Petitioner renews his request for a certificate of probable cause in this court so
that he may appeal from the district court’s denial of habeas relief.
In order to obtain a certificate of probable cause, a petitioner must make a
“substantial showing of the denial of a federal right.” Barefoot v. Estelle , 463
U.S. 880, 893 (1983) (quotation and citation omitted). We have carefully
reviewed petitioner’s application for a certificate of probable cause, his brief and
appendix, and the district court’s order. We conclude, for substantially the same
reasons as those set forth in the district court’s thorough and well-written order
filed on July 7, 1998, that petitioner has failed to make a substantial showing of
the denial of a federal right.
1
Petitioner filed his habeas petition in the district court on October 27, 1995,
prior to the enactment of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of
1996, Pub. L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214 (effective April 24, 1996). Petitioner
must therefore obtain a certificate of probable cause rather than a certificate of
appealability. See United States v. Kunzman , 125 F.3d 1363, 1364 n.2 (10th Cir.
1997).
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Accordingly, petitioner’s application for a certificate of probable cause is
denied, and the appeal is DISMISSED.
Entered for the Court
Wade Brorby
Circuit Judge
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