Filed: Jan. 23, 2017
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Summary: FILED United States Court of Appeals UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS Tenth Circuit TENTH CIRCUIT January 23, 2017 Elisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, No. 16-1423 v. (D.C. Nos. 1:07-CV-02002-RPM and 1:01-CR-00395-RPM-3) JACK DOWELL, (D. Colo.) Defendant - Appellant. ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY * Before GORSUCH, BALDOCK, and McHUGH, Circuit Judges. Pro se Petitioner Jack Dowell was convicted by a federal jury in the early 2000s of dest
Summary: FILED United States Court of Appeals UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS Tenth Circuit TENTH CIRCUIT January 23, 2017 Elisabeth A. Shumaker Clerk of Court UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, No. 16-1423 v. (D.C. Nos. 1:07-CV-02002-RPM and 1:01-CR-00395-RPM-3) JACK DOWELL, (D. Colo.) Defendant - Appellant. ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY * Before GORSUCH, BALDOCK, and McHUGH, Circuit Judges. Pro se Petitioner Jack Dowell was convicted by a federal jury in the early 2000s of destr..
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United States Court of Appeals
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS Tenth Circuit
TENTH CIRCUIT January 23, 2017
Elisabeth A. Shumaker
Clerk of Court
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee, No. 16-1423
v. (D.C. Nos. 1:07-CV-02002-RPM
and 1:01-CR-00395-RPM-3)
JACK DOWELL, (D. Colo.)
Defendant - Appellant.
ORDER DENYING
CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY *
Before GORSUCH, BALDOCK, and McHUGH, Circuit Judges.
Pro se Petitioner Jack Dowell was convicted by a federal jury in the early 2000s of
destroying government property by fire in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 844(f)(1), and
of forcibly interfering with the Internal Revenue Service in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2 and
26 U.S.C. § 7212(a). We affirmed his convictions and sentence. See United States v.
Dowell,
430 F.3d 1100 (10th Cir. 2005). Mr. Dowell then moved under 28 U.S.C. § 2255
to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence. The district court denied the motion, and we
declined to issue a certificate of appealability (COA).
*
This order is not binding precedent, except under the doctrines of law of the case,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 Federal Rule Appellate Procedure 32.1 and 10th Circuit Rule 32.1.
Mr. Dowell next filed a series of motions under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure
60(b), asking the district court to set aside its order denying his § 2255 motion, to appoint
counsel, and to hold an evidentiary hearing. The district court denied each motion. And
we declined to issue a COA each time he appealed. Mr. Dowell now seeks review of the
district court’s denial of his most-recent Rule 60(b) motion, in which he makes the same
arguments that we have already rejected. We do so again here without further discussion.
See United States v. Dowell, 604 F. App’x 702, 704 n.1 (10th Cir. 2015) (unpublished)
(cautioning “[Mr.] Dowell that future frivolous appeals on this matter may result in
summary disposition without discussion or an order requiring him to show cause to avoid
appellate filing restrictions or sanctions”).
We DENY Mr. Dowell’s application for a COA, DENY his motion to proceed in
forma pauperis as moot, and DISMISS his appeal.
Entered for the Court
Carolyn B. McHugh
Circuit Judge
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