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

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EARLS. BLACK, 

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United Stata Court JAppllll 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS T~"t'h C\~lt 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT MAY 18 1993 

ROBERT L. HOECKER -------- Clerk 

Petitioner-Appellant, 

v. 

FRANK 0. GUNTER, Executive 

Director, Colorado Department 

of Corrections, 

Respondent-Appellee. 

No. 92-1165 

(D.C. No. 91-M-511) 

(D. Colorado) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before SEYMOUR, RONEY,** and MOORE, Circuit Judges. 

The only issue presented by this appeal is whether its 

outcome is dictated by Lustgarden v. Gunter, 966 F.2d 552 (10th 

Cir.), cert. denied, 113 S. Ct. 624 (1992). Although, the two 

cases are factually and legally identical, petitioner attempts to 

distinguish them. We are unpersuaded by those attempts and 

*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. 

**The Honorable Paul H. Roney, Senior Circuit Judge for the United 

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consequently hold we are bound by Lustgarden. United States v. 

Cooper, 956 F.2d 960, 961 (10th Cir. 1992) (one panel of this 

court cannot overrule the prior holding of another panel). 

AFFIRMED. 

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Entered for the Court 

John P. Moore 

Circuit Judge 

States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, sitting by 

designation. 

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