Sampson v. Vaughn, No. 11-6013 (10th Cir. 2011)
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Petitioner Rodney Sampson was convicted in Oklahoma in 1996 on drug trafficking charges. He was paroled in 2002. The certificate of parole set Petitioner's discharge date to January 2008. In 2006, Petitioner was convicted in California on forgery charges. After serving his California sentence, Petitioner was extradited to Oklahoma and given a parole revocation hearing. Subsequently, Petitioner's parole was revoked in September 2008. Petitioner made several unsuccessful attempts to challenge the revocation of his parole, including filing motions for post-conviction relief and petitioning for a writ of habeas corpus. In this case, Petitioner applied to the Tenth Circuit for a certificate of appealability (COA) to seek the Court's review of those unsuccessful attempts. Petitioner asserted that the parole revocation was unlawful because his parole had been discharged before he was arrested in California and extraditing him to Oklahoma was a violation of his right to due process. Upon review of Petitioner's argument and the applicable legal authority, the Tenth Circuit held that Petitioner's claims were "not adequate to deserve further proceedings." Accordingly, the court denied Petitioner's request for a COA, and dismissed his appeal.
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