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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 APPEALS 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

DONALD GEE, ) 

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Petitioner-Appellant, ) 

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FI LED 

Uoited States Court of Appeals 

Tenth Cirruit 

MY 1190 

&OBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

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ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE ) 

No. 89-8089 

(D.C. No. C89-015K) 

(District of Wyoming) 

OF WYOMING, ) 

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Respondent-Appellee. ) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before McKAY, ANDERSON, and TACHA, 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. 

This matter is a petition for writ of habeas corpus attacking 

a state sentence for aggravated robbery and unauthorized use of an 

automobile. Petitioner raises five claims of error: (1) waiver 

by the State of Wyoming of jurisdiction over the petitioner 

* 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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through relinquishment of his person to another jurisdiction; (2) 

denial of due process and a fair trial when he was forced to wear 

leg irons and a leg cast throughout his jury trial; (3) denial of 

the constitutional right to self-representation; (4) double 

jeopardy; and (5) ineffective assistance of counsel prior to 

trial, during trial, and on direct appeal. 

These issues were first raised before the sentencing judge in 

a petition to vacate and set aside the judgment and sentence 

imposed. That relief was denied. Subsequently, his appeal to the 

Wyoming Supreme Court was dismissed on adequate procedural 

grounds. We agree with the trial court that petitioner has not 

made an adequate showing of cause and prejudice for his failure to 

exhaust his state remedies before the Wyoming Supreme Court. We 

agree with the trial court that his failure timely to bring the 

matter to the attention of the Wyoming Supreme Court bars federal 

habeas corpus consideration. Brown v. Allen, 344 U.S. 443, reh 1 g 

denied, 445 U.S. 946 (1953). 

Appellant•s request for a certificate of probable cause is 

granted. Appellant•s motion for leave to proceed without 

prepayment of fees is also granted. The trial court•s order 

dismissing the petition for habeas corpus is AFFIRMED. The 

mandate shall issue forthwith. 

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Entered for the Court 

Monroe G. McKay 

Circuit Judge 

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