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Tenth Circuit Holds COA Required on All State Habeas Appeals

Loaded on May 15, 2007

Filed under: Out of State Transfers, Private Prisons, Appeals, Habeas Corpus. Location: Colorado.

The Tenth District Court of Appeals has denied a certificate of appealability (COA) to, and dismissed the appeal of the habeas corpus petition of a Wyoming state prisoner housed in a private Colorado prison. In so ruling, the appeals court held that all habeas corpus petitions filed by State prisoners ...

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