10th Circuit: Prisoner Who Said He Is Not Native American Not Entitled To Appeal

(November 2, 2023, 4:59 PM EDT) -- DENVER — A prisoner who argued that Oklahoma had no criminal jurisdiction over him because he was a Native American is not entitled to a certificate of appealability for the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus because he later admitted that he is not a Native American, a 10th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel found....