Court Opinion

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                                                                 United States Court of Appeals
                                                                         Tenth Circuit
                     UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                                                         SEP 10 1999
                                  TENTH CIRCUIT
                                                                    PATRICK FISHER
                                                                               Clerk

ALLAN HOGGRO,

          Petitioner-Appellant,
                                                       No. 99-6159
v.                                               (W. District of Oklahoma)
                                                 (D.C. No. CIV-97-861-M)
BOBBY BOONE,

          Respondent-Appellee.

                             ORDER AND JUDGMENT *

Before TACHA, McKAY, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

      After examining the briefs and appellate record, this 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). The case is

therefore ordered submitted without oral argument.

      This case is before the court on Allen Hoggro’s pro se application for a

certificate of appealability (“COA”). Hoggro seeks a COA so that he can appeal

      *
       This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the
doctrines of law of the case, res judicata and collateral estoppel. The court
generally disfavors the citation of orders and judgments; nevertheless, an order
and judgment may be cited under the terms and conditions of 10th Cir. R. 36.3.
the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas corpus petition. See 28

U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) (providing that an appeal may not be taken to the court of

appeals from a final order in a § 2254 proceeding unless the petitioner first

obtains a certificate of appealability). To demonstrate his entitlement to a COA,

Hoggro must make “a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.”

Id. § 2253(c)(2). Hoggro can make such a showing by demonstrating that the

issues he seeks to raise are debatable among jurists of reason, subject to a

different resolution on appeal, or deserving of further proceedings. Barefoot v.

Estelle, 463 U.S. 880, 893 n.4. (1983).

      In his § 2254 habeas petition, Hoggro alleged that his 1994 Oklahoma

conviction for Escape from a Penal Institution After Former Conviction of a

Felony violated the Double Jeopardy Clause because the conviction followed a

prison disciplinary proceeding wherein he was fined $15 and subjected the

forfeiture of good time credits. The district court concluded that Hoggro had

procedurally defaulted the claim because he had failed to timely raise it in state

court. The district court further concluded that Hoggro’s procedural default was

not excused by cause and prejudice or subject to the exception for fundamental

miscarriages of justice. Alternatively, the district court concluded that even were

it to reach the merits, Hoggro’s claim would fail.

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      Upon de novo review of Hoggro’s application for COA and appellate brief,

the magistrate judge’s Report and Recommendation, the district court’s Order,

and the entire record on appeal, this court concludes that Hoggro has not made a

substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right for substantially those

reasons set out in the magistrate judge’s Report and Recommendation dated

March 15, 1999. Accordingly, Hoggro’s application for a COA is hereby

DENIED and his appeal DISMISSED.

                                                ENTERED FOR THE COURT:

                                                Michael R. Murphy
                                                Circuit Judge

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