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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 

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United States Court of Appeal: 

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

JAN 2 9 1991 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

ORLANDO MARTINEZ, ) 

) 

Petitioner-Appellant, ) 

) 

v. ) 

) 

ANTHONY BELASKI; THE ATTORNEY ) 

GENERAL OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, ) 

) 

Respondents-Appellees. ) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

No. 90-1277 

(D. C. No. 90-Z-393) 

(D. Colo.) 

Before ANDERSON, TACHA, and BRORBY, 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. 

submitted without oral argument. 

The cause is therefore ordered 

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be 

for 

res 

This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall not 

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

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

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

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...... 

Mr. Martinez appeals, prose, the dismissal of his petition 

for habeas corpus, which he also filed prose pursuant to 28 

u.s.c. § 2254. 

Mr. Martinez pled guilty in the state court of Colorado to 

the crime of possession of a controlled substance. He fil ed no 

direct appeal and contends he tried to appeal but "could not 

provide the papers because the lower court would not provide them 

to me." Mr. Martinez failed to file any type of request for postconviction relief with the state court and did not offer any 

explanation for this failure. 

The United States District Court dismissed Mr. Marti nez's 

petition for habeas relief holding that he failed to exhaust his 

state remedies. 

On appeal to this court, Mr. Martinez fails to address the 

reasoning behind the order of the United States District Cou rt and 

instead argues the alleged constitutional infirmities of his state 

court conviction. 

A state prisoner is required to exhaust state remedies before 

seeking habeas review in the federal courts. 28 U.S.C. § 2254(b); 

Rose v. Lundy, 455 U.S. 509 (1981). 

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Because Mr. Martinez has not exhausted the remedies available 

in the courts of Colorado, the judgment of the United States 

District Court is AFFIRMED. 

The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

Entered for the Court: 

WADE BRORBY 

Circuit Judge 

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