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Parties Involved:
Attorney General
Appellee
Robert Gibbs
Appellant
Wyandotte County Court
Appellee

Document Text:

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UNITED STATES COURT OF 

TENTH CIRCUIT 

ROBERT GIBBS, 

Petitioner-Appellant, 

v. 

WYANDOTTE COUNTY COURT; 

ATTORNEY GENERAL OF KANSAS, 

Respondents-Appellees. 

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United 8tnth Circuit 

APPEALS 

OCT 15 1991 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

No. 91-3188 

(D.C. No. 89-CV-3332) 

(D. Kan.) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before AHDERSOH, 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. 

Petitioner-appellant Robert Gibbs appeals the district 

court's denial of a writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 

u.s.c. § 2254. Gibbs appeals on the grounds that he was denied 

effective assistance of counsel by his attorney in the state court 

proceedings and that his guilty plea was not knowing and 

voluntary. Petitioner further alleges that he has been denied 

* 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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access to materials and documents that would have assisted him in 

his defense and in the various proceedings and filings in which he 

has been involved. We exercise jurisdiction under 28 u.s.c. 

§ 1291 and affirm. 

After a full review of the record, we agree with the district 

court that Gibbs has not shown that he is entitled to habeas 

corpus relief. We presume the correctness of state court findings 

of fact in habeas corpus actions. See 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d). Thus, 

in order to prove that his plea of guilty was not knowing and 

voluntary, Gibbs must demonstrate that the state court's factual 

determinations were erroneous. Gibbs has made no such showing. 

Further, the record reveals that the state district court held a 

full evidentiary hearing in which the petitioner's attorney 

testified that Gibbs' constitutional rights and the plea agreement 

were fully explained. Gibbs' attorney and girlfriend also 

testified that when Gibbs entered his plea of guilty he did not 

appear to be under the influence of drugs. 

Gibbs also argues that he was denied effective assistance of 

counsel. The record demonstrates that petitioner's attorney 

provided adequate representation under the Supreme Court's 

standard enunciated in Strickland Y.!.. Washington, 466 U.S. 668, 104 

S. Ct. 2052, 80 L.Ed.2d 674 (1984). Gibbs' allegations fail to 

establish any deficient performance on the part of his attorney. 

Finally, petitioner's allegations with respect to denial of 

access to various documents are nonspecific and conclusory. 

Petitioner has wholly failed to show which documents were denied 

him or any prejudice that might have resulted to him. The 

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petition to proceed in forma pauperis is GRANTED. See 28 u.s.c. 

§ 1915(a). We agree with the district court that the petitioner's 

allegations on appeal are conclusionary and frivolous. Therefore, 

we DENY the certificate of probable cause, 28 u.s.c. § 2253, and 

DISMISS the appeal. The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

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ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

Deanell Reece Tacha 

Circuit Judge 

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