Opinion ID: 2548182
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Heading: mr. allen's appeal

Text: ¶ 4 Mr. Allen now appeals the district court's dismissal of his claims. We affirm the district court's decision for several reasons, prominent among them being Mr. Allen's failure to follow appellate rules. Mr. Allen ignored one of the most fundamental principles of the appellate process when he did not identify any flaws in the district court's order that required reversal. Mr. Allen's filings with this court suggest that he would have us take on the responsibility of applying an independent, critical eye to all of the activities that comprised the proceedings that led to his conviction and imprisonment as though we had not already reviewed his conviction on appeal. Additionally, Mr. Allen chose not to cogently or coherently present arguments in support of his claims, nor did he provide the portions of the record that were central to his appeal. Further, even if we did not affirm the district court's ruling on the grounds that Mr. Allen failed to follow appellate rules, under the Post-Conviction Relief Act, Mr. Allen failed to meet his burden of showing that there was not a reasonable basis in the record to support the district court's holdings.