Filed: Jan. 26, 2007
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Summary: F IL E D United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit U N IT E D ST A T E S C O U R T O F A PP E A L S January 26, 2007 T E N T H C IR C U IT Elisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court K EV IN B. D IC KIN SO N , Petitioner-A ppellant , v. No. 06-2140 ( New M exico ) HARRY TIPTON, Director, Bernalillo (D.C. No. CIV-05-1317 BB /RLP ) County M etropolitan D etention Center; A TTO RNEY G EN ER AL FO R THE STA TE OF N EW M EX IC O, Respondents-Appellee s. ORDER Before M U R PH Y , SE Y M O U R , and M cC O
Summary: F IL E D United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit U N IT E D ST A T E S C O U R T O F A PP E A L S January 26, 2007 T E N T H C IR C U IT Elisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court K EV IN B. D IC KIN SO N , Petitioner-A ppellant , v. No. 06-2140 ( New M exico ) HARRY TIPTON, Director, Bernalillo (D.C. No. CIV-05-1317 BB /RLP ) County M etropolitan D etention Center; A TTO RNEY G EN ER AL FO R THE STA TE OF N EW M EX IC O, Respondents-Appellee s. ORDER Before M U R PH Y , SE Y M O U R , and M cC O ..
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United States Court of Appeals
Tenth Circuit
U N IT E D ST A T E S C O U R T O F A PP E A L S
January 26, 2007
T E N T H C IR C U IT
Elisabeth A. Shumaker
Clerk of Court
K EV IN B. D IC KIN SO N ,
Petitioner-A ppellant ,
v. No. 06-2140
( New M exico )
HARRY TIPTON, Director, Bernalillo (D.C. No. CIV-05-1317 BB /RLP )
County M etropolitan D etention Center;
A TTO RNEY G EN ER AL FO R THE
STA TE OF N EW M EX IC O,
Respondents-Appellee s.
ORDER
Before M U R PH Y , SE Y M O U R , and M cC O N N E L L , Circuit Judges.
On Decem ber 19, 2005, Kevin B. Dickinson filed an application for a writ
of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in the United States D istrict Court
for the D istrict of New M exico. Dickinson, who has been charged w ith first
degree murder in New M exico, alleged ineffective assistance of counsel and
violations of his due process rights and his right to a speedy trial. Respondents
filed a m otion to dismiss Dickinson’s application, arguing his claims were
unexhausted because he failed to present them to the New M exico state court.
See Coleman v. Thompson,
501 U.S. 722, 731 (1991).
The district court characterized Dickinson’s application as properly brought
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241 because he is a pretrial detainee. See Montez v.
M cKinna,
208 F.3d 862, 870 (10th Cir. 2000). The court then granted
Respondents’ m otion and dismissed the application without prejudice for failure
to exhaust state remedies. Dickinson does not challenge the characterization of
his application as a § 2241 proceeding but seeks to appeal the district court’s
dismissal of his application. Dickinson cannot appeal the district court’s
dism issal of his application unless he first obtains a certificate of appealability
(“COA”). See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c). To be entitled to a COA, Dickinson m ust
show “that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the district court was
correct in its procedural ruling.” Slack v. M cDaniel,
529 U.S. 474, 484-85 (2000)
(holding that when a district court dism isses a habeas petition on procedural
grounds, a petitioner is entitled to a COA only if he shows both that reasonable
jurists w ould find it debatable w hether he had stated a valid constitutional claim
and debatable whether the district court’s procedural ruling was correct).
Dickinson has provided documentation he attempted to file a mandamus
petition with the New M exico Suprem e Court but the clerk refused to accept it.
In the m andam us petition, Dickinson sought an injunction prohibiting the state
trial judge from determ ining his competency to stand trial until the judge ruled on
an outstanding m otion. In an amendment to the mandamus petition, Dickinson
raised many of the claim s asserted in his § 2241 application. The clerk of the
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New M exico Supreme Court refused to file the mandamus petition, advising
Dickinson “[t]he requested relief is not appropriate for an extraordinary writ, but
rather on appeal after the final judgm ent is issued.” H aving reviewed Dickinson’s
m andam us petition and the am endm ent thereto, we conclude it did not fairly
present the claim s Dickinson seeks to raise in his § 2241 application. See
Castille v. Peoples,
489 U.S. 346, 351 (1989) (“[W ]here the claim has been
presented for the first and only time in a procedural context in which its m erits
will not be considered unless there are special and important reasons therefor,
[r]aising the claim in such a fashion does not, for the relevant purpose, constitute
fair presentation.” (citation and quotations om itted)). Thus, the state court’s
refusal to file Dickinson’s mandam us petition does not affect the district court’s
conclusion Dickinson has failed to exhaust his state rem edies.
Our review of the record demonstrates the district court’s dism issal of
Dickinson’s § 2241 application is not deserving of further proceedings or subject
to a different resolution on appeal. Accordingly, this court denies Dickinson’s
application for a certificate of appealability and dism isses this appeal.
Dickinson’s m otion to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal is granted.
Entered for the Court
ELISA BETH A. SH UM AKER, Clerk
By
Deputy Clerk
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