Leech v. Hines

ORDER DENYING A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

CARLOS F. LUCERO, Circuit Judge.

Jerald Leech, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, requests a certificate of appeal-ability (“COA”) to appeal the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habe-as petition. For substantially the same reasons set forth by the district court, we DENY a COA and DISMISS. '

After buying more than an ounce of methamphetamine from a police informant as part of a sting operation, and telling the informant that he was going to sell the drugs, Leech was arrested for Trafficking in a Controlled Dangerous Substance in…