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Garcia v. Lind

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Jun 4, 2014
Civil Action No. 14-cv-00715-RPM (D. Colo. Jun. 4, 2014)

Summary

holding that applicant failed to demonstrate any causal connection between his lack of access to records and transcripts and the lateness of his federal habeas application because he "himself attended the trial and witnessed firsthand his counsel's acts or omissions that now form the basis of his ineffective assistance of counsel claims" and he filed his state postconviction motion and the federal habeas application without having the record in his possession

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Opinion

Civil Action No. 14-cv-00715-RPM

06-04-2014

JULIAN KEITH GARCIA, Petitioner, v. RANDY LIND, Acting Warden of Arkansas Valley Correctional Facility, Colorado Department of Corrections, Respondent, And JOHN SUTHERS, The Attorney General of the State of Colorado, Additional Respondent.


Senior District Judge Richard P. Matsch


JUDGMENT

Pursuant to the Order for Dismissal Under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1(A) entered by Senior District Judge Richard P. Matsch on June 4, 2014, it is

ORDERED AND ADJUDGED, that the petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied and this civil action is dismissed.

FOR THE COURT:

JEFFREY P. COLWELL, Clerk

By M. V. Wentz

Deputy


Summaries of

Garcia v. Lind

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Jun 4, 2014
Civil Action No. 14-cv-00715-RPM (D. Colo. Jun. 4, 2014)

holding that applicant failed to demonstrate any causal connection between his lack of access to records and transcripts and the lateness of his federal habeas application because he "himself attended the trial and witnessed firsthand his counsel's acts or omissions that now form the basis of his ineffective assistance of counsel claims" and he filed his state postconviction motion and the federal habeas application without having the record in his possession

Summary of this case from Melina v. Pollard
Case details for

Garcia v. Lind

Case Details

Full title:JULIAN KEITH GARCIA, Petitioner, v. RANDY LIND, Acting Warden of Arkansas…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO

Date published: Jun 4, 2014

Citations

Civil Action No. 14-cv-00715-RPM (D. Colo. Jun. 4, 2014)

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