Legal Opinion
Rodgers v. Wyoming Attorney General
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 29, 2000No. 98-8111, 99-8022PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURPHY, Circuit Judge.
In appeal number 98-8111, Petitioner Craig Thomas Rodgers seeks to appeal the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition, brought on the ground of ineffective assistance of counsel. By construing his request for a certificate of probable cause as the functional equivalent of a formal notice of appeal, this court determines that Rodgers has complied with the jurisdictional requirements of Rules 3 and 4 of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. The appeal may not proceed, however, because Rodgers has failed to make a “substantial showing of the…
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