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doctrines of law of the case, res judicata and coll ateral estoppel. The 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. 

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

### MAY 19 2000 

### PATRICK FISHER Clerk UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

TENTH CIRCUIT

STEVE A. SEITZ, Petitioner-Appellant,
v. STEVE HARGETT, Respondent-Appellee. No. 00-6015 (W. District of Oklahoma) (D.C. No. 99-CV-88)

ORDER AND JUDGMENT *
Before BRORBY , KELLY, and MURPHY , Circuit Judges. After examining the briefs and appellate record, th is panel has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2); 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). T he case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument. This case is before the court on Steve Seitz’s pro se request for a certificate of appealability (“COA”). Seitz seeks a COA so that he can appeal the district-2-

court’s dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) (holding that no appeal may be taken from an order denying relief in a § 2254 petition unless the petitioner-appellant first obta ins a COA). Seitz was convicted in Oklahoma state court on two counts of lewd or in decent acts with a child under the age of sixteen, three counts of first degree rape, one count of forcible oral sodomy, and one count of attempted sodomy; he recei ved a lengthy prison sentence. Seitz filed the instant § 2254 habeas pe tition in January of 1999 alleging some forty claims of constitutional error. Seitz’s petition was referred to a magistrate judge for initial proceedings pursuantto 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B). In a thorough and well-reasoned report and recommen dation (“R & R”) the magistrate judge recommended that Seitz’s petition be dismissed because it was filled well outside the one-year limitations period set out in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d). The magistrate judge further concluded that Seitz h ad failed to identify any circumstances that would support an equitable tolli ng of the limitations period. Upon de novo review, the district court adopted the R & R and d ismissed Seitz’s petition. To demonstrate his entitlement to a COA, Seitz mustmake a “substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.” See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). Because the district court dismissed Seitz’s petiti on on limitations grounds, Seitz must demonstrate both that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the-3-

petition states a valid claim of the denial of a co nstitutional right and that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the distr ict court was correct in concluding the petition was filed outside of § 2244 (d)’s limitations period. See Slack v. Warden , 120 S. Ct. 1595, 1603-04 (2000). The analysis se t forth in the R & R thoroughly and correctly demonstrates that Se itz’s petition was untimely and that he is not entitled to the benefits of equi table tolling. This court will not expend scarce judicial resources in repeating that analysis. Seitz’s request for a COA is DENIED for substantially those reasons set forth in the R& R. The appeal is therefore DISMISSED
. ENTERED FOR THE COURT:
Michael R. Murphy Circuit Judge