Milton v. Miller

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

Antonio Don Milton, an Oklahoma state prisoner, requests a certifícate of appeala-bility (COA) to appeal the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for habeas relief. Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1291 and 2253(a), we deny Milton’s request for a COA.

I. BACKGROUND

We have previously detailed Milton’s history in Oklahoma state courts and the federal district court. See Milton v. Miller, 744 F.3d 660, 663-68 (10th Cir.2014). 1 Milton’s case returns to us after we reversed the district court’s denial of his habeas petition solely regarding…