Gallegos v. Bravo, No. 11-2093 (10th Cir. 2011)
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Pro se prisoner Petitioner Ernest Gallegos sought a certificate of appealability (COA) from the Tenth Circuit to appeal a district court's denial of his habeas corpus petition. After a jury trial, Petitioner was convicted of murder, kidnapping, aggravated burglary, armed robbery, aggravated battery and tampering with evidence. Petitioner brought nine claims of error that he maintained warranted a COA and judicial reconsideration of his conviction. Upon review of the "comprehensive report and recommendation" by the magistrate judge who "meticulously examined each" of Petitioner's claims, the Tenth Circuit found that Petitioner reproduced all the claims he raised in his unsuccessful petition for habeas corpus at the magistrate court level. The Court concluded that Petitioner did not preserve for appellate review any of the claims raised in his habeas petition. Accordingly, the Court found the lower court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing Petitioner's appeal with prejudice and affirmed its decision.
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