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Parties Involved:
Robert P. Casey
Appellee
Gary Henman
Appellee
J. Michael Quinlan
Appellee
Richard R. Thornburgh
Appellee
Timothy Van Hook
Appellant

Document Text:

FILED 

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS United States C~-μrt (?f Appeals Tenth C1rcu1t 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

OCT 3 0 1991 

TIMOTHY VAN HOOK, 

Petitioner-Appellant, 

v. 

RICHARD R. THORNBURGH, 

J. MICHAEL QUINLAN, GARY HENMAN, 

and ROBERT P. CASEY, 

Respondents-Appellees. 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

) Clerk 

) 

) 

) 

) Nos. 90-3324, 

) 90-3351, & 91-3157 

) 

) (D.C. No. 90-3474-R) 

) (D. Kansas) 

) 

) 

ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before LOGAN, MOORE, and BALDOCK, Circuit Judges. 

Petitioner Timothy Van Hook was convicted of violation of the 

criminal laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and was 

subsequently transferred to the United States Penitentiary, 

Leavenworth, Kansas, to serve his sentence. The district court 

denied his Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, filed pursuant to 

28 U.S.C. S 2241. Van Hook v. Thornburgh, No. 90-3474-R, 1991 WL 

49654 (D. Kan. Mar. 13, 1991). Petitioner appeals pursuant to 

* 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 estoppal. 10th Cir. R. 

36.3. 

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1 28 u.s.c. S 2253. 

In response to Petitioner's Notice of Appeal, the district 

court found that the appeal was frivolous and not taken in good 

faith. Based on this finding, the court denied Petitioner leave 

to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal. Dist. Ct. R. doc. 26. 

Petitioner's motion before this court for in forma pauperis status 

is hereby granted. Case Nos. 90-3324 and 90-3351, interlocutory 

appeals, are dismissed for mootness because of the court's 

disposition of Petitioner's appeal on the merits herein. 

Each of the claims based on the Compact Clause that 

Petitioner raises on appeal has been considered and was found to 

be lacking in merit in Stevenson v. Thornburgh, 943 F.2d 1241 

(10th Cir. 1991). We hold that none of the issues Petitioner has 

raised before this court are "debatable among jurists of reason." 

Barefoot v. Estelle, 463 U.S. 880, 893 n.4 (1983). Petitioner's 

request for certificate of probable cause to appeal denial of his 

Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus is DENIED. This appeal is 

DISMISSED. The mandate shall issue forthwith. 

Entered for the Court 

Per Curiam 

1 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. 

2 

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