Case Name: Keith BROOKS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Rick RAEMISCH, Exec. Director Colorado Dept. of Corrections; Bobby Bonner, Warden Limon Correctional Facility; John Suthers, Attorney General, State of Colorado, Respondents-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-09-11
Citations: 613 F. App'x 773
Docket Number: No. 15-1051
Parties: Keith BROOKS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Rick RAEMISCH, Exec. Director Colorado Dept. of Corrections; Bobby Bonner, Warden Limon Correctional Facility; John Suthers, Attorney General, State of Colorado, Respondents-Appellees.
Judges: Before GORSUCH, McKAY, and BACHARACH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 613
Pages: 773–774

Head Matter:
Keith BROOKS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Rick RAEMISCH, Exec. Director Colorado Dept. of Corrections; Bobby Bonner, Warden Limon Correctional Facility; John Suthers, Attorney General, State of Colorado, Respondents-Appellees.
No. 15-1051.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
Sept. 11, 2015.
Alison Ruttenberg, Boulder, CO, for Petitioner-Appellant.
Ryan Crane, Office of the Attorney General, Denver, CO, for Respondents-Appel-lees.
Before GORSUCH, McKAY, and BACHARACH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY
MONROE G. McKAY, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Keith Brooks, a state prisoner represented by counsel, seeks a certificate of appealability to appeal the district court's denial of his § 2254 habeas petition.
Following a Colorado jury trial, Petitioner was convicted of attempted first-degree murder of a peace officer, attempted second-degree murder, first-degree assault of a peace officer, felony'menacing, and first-degree burglary. He was adjudicated a habitual offender and sentenced to a 144-year term of imprisonment. On direct appeal, the Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed his convictions but vacated his sentence in part based on double jeopardy principles. Following resentencing, Petitioner filed a motion for state post-conviction relief. The state district court denied this motion, and the appellate court affirmed. The Colorado Supreme Court denied certiorari review.
Petitioner then filed the instant petition for federal habeas relief, in which he raised two claims previously raised in the state court proceeding: (1) he was denied a fair trial when the trial court allowed the prosecution to admit evidence of other burglaries; and (2) his right to effective assistance of counsel was violated when his trial lawyer failed to object to the jury instructions on complicity and when his appellate counsel failed to raise this issue on appeal. The district court concluded that the state courts' rejection of these claims was not contrary to clearly established federal law or based on an unreasonable determination of the facts, and the court therefore denied habeas relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2254(d).
Petitioner seeks a certificate of appeala-bility to appeal the denial of his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. After thoroughly reviewing Petitioner's arguments and the record on appeal, we are persuaded that reasonable jurists would not debate the correctness of the district court's resolution of this claim. See Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484, 120 S.Ct. 1595, 146 L.Ed.2d 542 (2000).
Therefore, for substantially the same reasons given by the district court in its thorough and- well-reasoned opinion, we DENY Petitioner's request for a certificate of appealability and DISMISS the appeal.
This order is not binding precedent except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. It may be cited, however, for its persuasive value consistent with Fed. R.App. P. 32.1 and 10th Cir. R. 32.1.