Ronald Dean Murray v. Jack Cowley, Warden and Attorney General, State of Oklahoma

TACHA, Circuit Judge.

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist the determination of this appeal. See Fed.R.App.P. 34(a); 10th Cir.R. 34.1.9. The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument.

Ronald Dean Murray appeals from the district court’s order denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Murray contends that the district court erred in finding no equal protection violation in the Oklahoma courts’ refusal to reduce his indeterminate ten year to life sentence to ten years. The…