GRANT v. ROYAL

No. 14-6131.

886 F.3d 874 (2018)

Donald Anthony GRANT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Terry ROYAL, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

March 30, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patti Palmer Ghezzi , Assistant Federal Public Defender ( Michael Lieberman , Assistant Federal Public Defender, with her on the briefs), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Petitioner-Appellant.

Caroline E.J. Hunt , Assistant Attorney General ( E. Scott Pruitt , Attorney General of Oklahoma, with her on the brief), Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for Respondent-Appellee.

Before HOLMES, BACHARACH, and MORITZ, Circuit Judges.


Petitioner Donald Anthony Grant, an Oklahoma state prisoner on death row, appeals from the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition. Additionally, Mr. Grant filed a motion to expand the certificate of appealability ("COA"). Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, we affirm

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