Legal Opinion
Lansky v. Lengerich
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided June 28, 2017No. 16-1431UnpublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY *
Nancy L. Moritz, Circuit Judge
Valdamar Lansky, a Colorado prisoner proceeding pro se, 1 seeks a certificate of appealability (COA) to appeal the district court’s dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas application. To obtain a COA, Lan-sky must make “a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.” 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). Because he hasn’t made this showing, we deny his COA application and dismiss this matter.
In 2008, a Colorado jury convicted Lan-sky of four counts of sexual assault on a child. The trial court determined that…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Slack v. McDanielSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Pace v. DiGuglielmoSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Garrett v. Selby Connor Maddux & JanerCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2005
- Sean Richard Sellers v. Ronald Ward, Warden of the Oklahoma State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
- People v. BakerSupreme Court of Colorado · 2005