Hollan v. Crow ( 2022 )

Appellate Case: 22-5077 Document: 010110776253 Date Filed: 12/01/2022 Page: 1
FILED
United States Court of Appeals
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS Tenth Circuit
FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT December 1, 2022
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Christopher M. Wolpert
Clerk of Court
MARION DALE HOLLAN,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v. No. 22-5077
(D.C. No. 4:22-CV-00313-CVE-JFJ)
SCOTT CROW, (N.D. Okla.)
Respondent - Appellee.
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ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY*
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Before PHILLIPS, MURPHY, and EID, Circuit Judges.
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This matter is before the court on Marion Dale Hollan’s pro se requests for a
certificate of appealability (“COA”) and to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis. Hollan
seeks a COA so he can appeal the district court’s dismissal, on timeliness grounds, of his
28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) (providing no appeal
may be taken from a final order denying habeas corpus relief unless the petitioner first
obtains a COA); id. § 2244(d) (setting out a one-year statute of limitations as to a habeas
corpus petitions). Because Hollan has not “made a substantial showing of the denial of a
constitutional right,” id. § 2253(c)(2), this court denies his request for a COA and
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This order is not binding precedent except under the doctrines of law of the case,
res judicata, and collateral estoppel. It may be cited, however, for its persuasive value
consistent with Fed. R. App. P. 32.1 and 10th Cir. R. 32.1.
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dismisses this appeal. Likewise, because Hollan has not demonstrated the “existence of a
reasoned, nonfrivolous argument on the law and facts,” Lister v. Dep’t of Treasury, 408
F.3d 1309, 1312 (10th Cir. 2005), we deny his request to proceed on appeal in forma
pauperis.1
In his § 2254 habeas petition, Hollan seeks to challenge his forty-year-old
Oklahoma state convictions for murder and shooting with intent to kill. See Hollan v.
State, 676 P.2d 861, 863 (Okla. Crim. App. 1984). Relying on the Supreme Court’s
recent decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma, 140 S. Ct. 2452 (2020), Hollan raises a variety of
assertions as to the validity of his convictions. The district court dismissed Hollan’s
petition as untimely, 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d)(1), concluding Hollan was not entitled to either
statutory or equitable tolling.
Hollan seeks a COA so he can appeal the district court’s dismissal of his § 2254
petition. To be entitled to a COA, Hollan must make “a substantial showing of the denial
of a constitutional right.” 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). That is, he must demonstrate
“reasonable jurists could debate whether (or, for that matter, agree that) the petition
should have been resolved in a different manner or that the issues presented were
adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed further.” Slack v. McDaniel, 120 S. Ct.
1595, 1603–04 (2000) (quotations omitted). For those reasons set out in Warnick v.
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Given this court’s denial of Hollan’s request to proceed on appeal in forma
pauperis, he is reminded of his obligation to immediately remit the full filing fee. See
Kinnell v. Graves, 265 F.3d 1125, 1129 (10th Cir. 2001).
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Harpe, No. 22-5042, 2022 WL 16646708, at *2-3 (10th Cir. Nov. 3, 2022),2 and Pacheco
v. El Habti, 48 F.4th 1179, 1191 (10th Cir. 2022), Hollan cannot satisfy that showing.
Hollan’s request for a COA is DENIED and this appeal is DISMISSED.
ENTERED FOR THE COURT
Michael R. Murphy
Circuit Judge
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This court recognizes Warnick is unpublished and, thus, not binding precedent.
Nevertheless, the analysis set out therein is completely persuasive and this panel adopts it
in its entirety. See Tenth Cir. R. 32.1.
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