* This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the

doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and col lateral estoppel. This court generally disfavors the citation of orders and judg ments; nevertheless, an order and judgment may be cited under the terms and condi tions of 10th Cir. R. 36.3.

** After examining the briefs and the appellate recor d, this three-judge panel has determined unanimously that oral argumentwould not be of material assistance in the determination of this appeal. Se e Fed. R. App. P. 34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1 (G). The cause is therefore ordered s ubmitted without oral argument.

1 As permitted by Johnson v. Avery , 393 U.S. 483, 490 (1969), another inmate assisted Mr. Handy in the preparation of thi s appeal. 

## F I L E D United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit 

### MAY 2 2001 

### PATRICK FISHER Clerk UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

TENTH CIRCUIT

DWIGHT DEAN HANDY, Petitioner - Appellant, vs. VANCE EVERETT, in his official capacity as Warden, Wyoming Department of Corrections State Penitentiary; WYOMING ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondents - Appellees. No. 00-8067 (D.C. No. 99-CV-269) (D. Wyo.)

ORDER AND JUDGMENT *

Before EBEL , KELLY , and LUCERO , Circuit Judges. **
Mr. Handy, an inmate appearing pro se, 1 seeks to appeal from the district court’s denial of his petition for habeas corpus re lief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254.- 2 -

Doc. 2. We grant the application to proceed in for ma pauperis, but in light of Mr. Handy’s failure to make “a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right,” we deny his application for a COA and dismi ss the appeal. Slack v. McDaniel , 529 U.S. 473, 482 (2000) (citation omitted). Because Mr. Handy filed the instant petition on Dec ember 22, 1999, subsequent to the effective date of the Antiterrori sm and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, the limitations period set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1) applies to this action. Doc. 1. Mr. Handy entered a guilty p lea on November 27, 1989, and his motion to withdraw the plea was denied on January 23, 1991. For prisoners, like Mr. Handy, whose convictions became final befo re April 24, 1996, the one-year statute of limitations begins to run on th at date and ends on April 23, 1997. Hoggro v. Boone , 150 F.3d 1223, 1225 (10th Cir. 1998). We toll th e one-year limitation period only for the time Mr. Handy had a “properly filed application” pending for state post-conviction reli ef. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(2); Hoggro , 150 F.3d at 1226. By April 24, 1996, Mr. Handy had filed, and the Wyo ming state courts had denied, two petitions for post-conviction relief. The first petition was denied on June 8, 1993; the second on February 13, 1995. Und er Wyoming law, a final order entered upon an application for post-convicti on relief “may be reviewed by the supreme court [of Wyoming] on writ of certiorar i . . . pursuant to the- 3 -

Wyoming Rules of Appellate Procedure.” Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 7-14-107 (Michie 1995). “A petition for a writ of review must be fi led with the reviewing court within 11 days after entry of the order from which relief is sought.” Wyo. R. App. P. 13.03(a) (1995) (emphasis added). “On Marc h 9, 1995, Mr. Handy filed for a Petition for Writ of Review in the trial court ,” but the court never acted on that petition. Pet’r Br. at 5 (emphasis added). E ven if we overlook the possibility that Mr. Handy’s petition was untimely, cf. Kittles v. Rocky Mountain Recovery,
Inc. , 1 P.3d 1220, 1222-23 (Wyo. 2000) (holding that co mpliance with Rule 13.03(a)’s eleven-day deadline is not jurisdictiona l), we cannot ignore the fact that it was filed in the wrong court. Accordingly, the petition was not “properly filed” and therefore cannot operate to toll the lim itations period. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1); see also Barnett v. Lemaster , 167 F.3d 1321, 1323 (10th Cir. 1999). Even if the petition had been “properly filed,” Mr. Handy’s tolling argument would fail nonetheless because the petitio n was not “pending” at any point during the relevant one-year period. The Wyo ming Rules of Appellate Procedure provide that a certiorari petition“shall be deemed denied if the reviewing court does not accept review within 30 days from the date of the petition.” Wyo. R. App. P. 13.03(c). Thus, even i f we assume that Mr. Handy’s petition for a writ of review was “properly filed” on March 9, 1995, it was effectively denied on April 8, 1995, over one year before the limitations period- 4 -

even began. Section 2244(d)(2) is therefore inappl icable and the instant petition was untimely under § 2244(d)(1). Accordingly, we DENY Mr. Handy’s application for a COA and DISMISS the appeal. Mr. Handy’s motion to proceed in formapauperis is GRANTED, as is his motion to supplement the record. Entered for the Court

Paul J. Kelly, Jr. Circuit Judge