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Parties Involved:
Newton C. Estes
Appellant
UTAH STATE PRISON
Appellee

Document Text:

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

NEWTON C. ESTES, 

Petitioner-Appellant, 

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v. 

WARDEN, UTAH STATE PRISON, 

Respondent-Appellee. 

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No. 91-4091 

(D.C. No. 90-C-668-S) 

(D. Utah) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before MOORE, 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. The case is therefore ordered 

submitted without oral argument. 

This appeal arises out of a decision of the district court 

dismissing petitioner Newton Estes's habeas corpus petition as a 

mixed petition, containing both exhausted and unexhausted claims. 

We agree with the district court that Estes's petition was 

properly dismissed as a mixed petition. See Rose~ Lundy, 455 

U.S. 509 (1982). However, since the district court's dismissal, 

it appears that the Utah Supreme Court has denied certiorari on 

* This order and judgment has no precede ntial value and shall 

not be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circui t, 

except for purposes of establishing t he doctrines of the law of 

the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 

36.3. 

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Estes's unexhausted claim. Therefore, we remand for the district 

court to consider whether petitioner has now exhausted his state 

remedies and for further proceedings if that is the case. 

We GRANT the motion to proceed in forma pauperis and the 

certificate of probable cause. We VACATE the opinion of the 

district court and REMAND for further proceedings. The mandate 

shall issue forthwith. 

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ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

Deanell Reece Tacha 

Circuit Judge 

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