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F I L E D
                                                                   United States Court of Appeals
                                                                           Tenth Circuit
                   UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                                                           JUL 17 1998
                                TENTH CIRCUIT
                                                                      PATRICK FISHER
                                                                               Clerk

 VIRGIL WAYNE BRADFORD,
              Petitioner - Appellant,                    No. 98-6095
 v.                                               (D.C. No. CIV-97-1499-L)
 RON WARD,                                               (W.D. Okla.)
              Respondent - Appellee.

                           ORDER AND JUDGMENT *

Before ANDERSON, McKAY, and LUCERO, Circuit Judges.

      After examining Petitioner-Appellant’s brief and the 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); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9.

The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument.

      Petitioner, appearing pro se, asks this court to grant him a certificate of

appealability, thereby allowing him to appeal the district court’s dismissal of his

28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition. We may issue a certificate of appealability only when

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       This order and judgment is not binding precedent, except under the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 applicant makes a “substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.”

28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2).

      Petitioner’s Application for Certificate of Appealability asserts that the trial

court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence because the evidence was

seized during a search which violated his constitutional rights. Petitioner had a

full and fair opportunity to litigate this claim in the state courts and is, therefore,

precluded from bringing a claim for habeas corpus relief based on this assertion.

See Stone v. Powell, 428 U.S. 465, 482 (1976); Miranda v. Cooper, 967 F.2d 392,

401 (10th Cir.), cert. denied, 506 U.S. 924 (1992).

      Petitioner also alleges that he is entitled to a certificate of appealability

because he was denied the right to effective assistance of counsel. Petitioner did

not assert this claim in his original petition for habeas corpus relief. Issues not

raised in the district court may not be considered by this court on appeal absent

extraordinary circumstances. See Smith v. Secretary of N.M. Dep’t of

Corrections, 50 F.3d 801, 814 n.22 (10th Cir.), cert. denied sub nom. Mondragon

v. Smith, 516 U.S. 905 (1995). Because this case does not involve extraordinary

circumstances justifying a departure from this rule, we do not address Petitioner’s

claim that he was denied effective assistance of counsel.

      Because Petitioner has not made a substantial showing of the denial of a

constitutional right, his application for a certificate of appealability is DENIED,

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and the district court’s denial of habeas relief is AFFIRMED.

                                             Entered for the Court

                                             Monroe G. McKay
                                             Circuit Judge

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