ROMO v. OKLAHOMA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 99-6045.

216 F.3d 1202 (2000)

Johnnie E. ROMO, Sr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. OKLAHOMA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS; Paul Mertz; and Mansfield Law Enforcement Center, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 19, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gloyd L. McCoy of Coyle & McCoy, Oklahoma City, OK, for petitioner-appellant.

Johnnie E. Romo, Sr., pro se.

Alecia A. George, Assistant Attorney General; W.A. Drew Edmondson, Attorney General of Oklahoma, with her on the brief, for respondents-appellees.

Before SEYMOUR, Chief Judge, McKAY and EBEL, Circuit Judges.


McKAY, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 in the United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma on June 8, 1998. The district court dismissed the petition as time-barred. On August 3, 1999, we granted Petitioner a certificate of appealability with respect to the timeliness issue.

Petitioner was convicted in an Oklahoma trial court of...

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