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_______________________ P E R C UR I AM P a trick T o u ss a in t ap p e a ls f ro m a D istric t C o u rt o rd e r d ism iss in g a m o tio n f o r b a il p e n d in g a p p e a l. B e c a u s e n o s u b s ta n tia l q u e s tio n is p re s e n te d , w e w ill s u m m a ri ly af f ir m . See L. A . R . 27. 4.W e have j ur i s di ct i on t o hearthi s appea l pur s uantt o 28 U . S. C . § 1291. 1 I n 1996, T ous s ai ntw as convi ct ed of s ever al count s of r ape a nd one counteac h of k id n a p in g a n d in v o lu n tar yd e v iate se x u a l in ter c o u rse . H e w a s s e n ten c e d to se v e n to tw entyy ear s i m pr i s onm ent . I n O ct oberof 2002, T ous s ai ntfi l ed a pe t i t i on under28 U . S. C . § 2254 as s ert i ng fourcl ai m s forr el i ef. T he D i s tr i ctC our tdeni ed the pet i t i on and T o u ss a in t ap p e a led . O n D e c e m b e r 2 1 , 2 0 0 4 , w e d e n ied a c e rtific a te o f a p p e a lab ili ty ( C O A ) and t erm i nat ed the pr ocee di ngs . See Touss ai ntv. K l em, C . A . N o. 04- 2073. In e a rl y2 0 0 5 , T o u s s a in t p e titio n e d th is C o u rtto re c o n s id e r t h e d e n ia l o f th e C O A . T he pet i t i on i s s t i l l curr ent l ypendi ng. M eanw hi l e, on J anuary24, 2005, T ous s ai ntm oved th e D istric t C o u rt f

o r b a il p e n d in g a p p e a l. T h e D istric t C o u rt d ism iss e d th e m o tio n w ith pr ej udi ce be caus e w e deni ed a CO A and the ca s e w as cl os ed. 1 W e exe r ci s e pl enaryr evi ew overthe deni al of bai l pendi ng appea l . See U ni t ed St at es v. Sm i th, 793 F. 2d 85, 87 ( 3d C i r . 1986) . T ous s ai ntnotonl yfai l s t o s how any

“ e x tr a o r d i n a ry c i r c u m s t a n c e s ” r e q u i r i n g b a i l p e n d i n g a p p e a l , s e e L a n d a n o v . R a f f e r ty, 970 F. 2d 1230, 1239 ( 3d C i r . 1992) ( ci t at i ons om i t t ed) ( pr ovi di ng the s t andar d) , buthe f a ils to p re se n t an ya rg u m e n t ev e n re m o telyre latin g to b a il. A c c o rd in g ly , b e c a u se n o su b sta n tial q u e stio n is p re se n ted , w e w ill su m m a rily a f f irm th e o rd e r o f

th e D istric t C o u rt.