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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
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DEAN WOOD, ) 

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Petitioner-Appellant, ) 

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DUANE SHILLINGER, and the ATTORNEY) 

GENERAL OF THE STATE OF WYOMING, ) 

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Respondents-Appellees. ) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

No. 89-8044 

(D.C. No. C88-0068-B) 

(D. Wyoming) 

Before LOGAN, MOORE, and ANDERSON, 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); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument. 

Dean Wood, a state court prisoner in Wyoming, filed a federal 

habeas corpus action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, claiming 

inadequacy of his counsel because the attorney failed to file a 

direct appeal from his state court conviction. He asserts this 

* This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall not 

be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, except 

for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of the case, 

res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 36.3. 

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resulted in the loss of his right to appeal and denied him access 

to the courts. 

The district court denied relief for failure to exhaust state 

remedies. Our review of the record reflects, however, that Wood 

did indeed file petitions for habeas corpus relief in the Wyoming 

state district court and in the Wyoming Supreme Court, alleging, 

inter alia, ineffective assistance of counsel for counsel's 

failure to file a timely notice of appeal and refusing to take a 

direct appeal. The Wyoming Supreme Court denied Wood's request on 

February 18, 1988, finding insufficient grounds to grant relief. 

While it is not absolutely clear whether this holding was made on 

the merits of his petition, we hold that his presentation of the 

claims to the state supreme court constitutes exhaustion of state 

remedies sufficient to permit federal habeas corpus jurisdiction 

insofar as the arguments were presented to the Wyoming courts. 

In Wood's brief petitioner's principal assertion is that he 

signed the waiver of appeal rights under duress from his attorney. 

He states he later requested that the attorney file an appeal, 

and, by the time he informed a judge because his attorney would 

not act and the judge appointed a public defender to represent 

him, it was too late; the Wyoming Supreme Court threw out his 

claim because it was out of time. We think these facts 

sufficiently state a claim of inadequate - representation of 

counsel, if indeed Wood could prove that he changed his mind and 

told his lawyer to appeal and that the change of mind came within 

the time limits for filing an appeal. See Hannon v. Maschner, 845 

F.2d 1553 (10th Cir. 1988). 

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Wood did not, however, assert before either the Wyoming 

Supreme Court or the district court that he had retracted his 

waiver of appeal. These arguments cannot be made for the first 

time on appeal. Crisp v. Mayabb, 668 F.2d 1127, 1136 (10th Cir. 

1981). 

Because petitioner can show no plausible argument for relief 

we deny the motion to proceed in forma pauperis and for a 

certificate of probable cause, and AFFIRM the determination of the 

district court dismissing the petition. 

The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

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Entered for the Court 

James K. Logan 

Circuit Judge 

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