Beeman v. Ortiz

ORDER DENYING A CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

LUCERO, Circuit Judge.

Lawrence E. Beeman, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, requests a certificate of appealability (“COA”) to appeal the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition. For substantially the same reasons set forth by the district court, we DENY Beeman’s request for a COA and DISMISS.

In 1989, Beeman entered a plea in state court pursuant to North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S.Ct. 160, 27 L.Ed.2d 162 (1970), to one count of attempted first degree sexual assault. During the plea colloquy, the court advised Beeman that his plea…