Saenz-Jurado v. People of the State of Colorad

ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

CARLOS F. LUCERO, Circuit Judge.

Abel Saenz-Jurado requests a certificate of appealability (“COA”) following the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 application for a writ of habeas corpus. The district court denied the application because it was time barred under § 2244(d)(1). For substantially the same reasons as the district court, we deny Saenz-Jurado’s request for a COA and dismiss the appeal. 1

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On August 16, 1994, Saenz-Jurado pleaded guilty in Colorado state court to one count of unlawful distribution of a schedule II controlled…