Opinion
No. 10-1543.
March 29, 2011.
Rudy Stanko, Terre Haute, IN, pro se.
Paul Farley, Timothy Bart Jafek, Office of the United States Attorney, Denver, CO, for Respondent-Appellee.
Before BRISCOE, Chief Judge, ANDERSON, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.
ORDER AND JUDGMENT
This order and judgment is not binding precedent except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel.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.
After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially assist in the determination of this appeal. See Fed.R.App.P. 34(a)(2); 10th Cir. R. 34.1(G). The case is therefore ordered submitted without oral argument.
Rudy Stanko, a federal prisoner proceeding pro se, appeals from an order dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 habeas corpus petition as successive/abusive. Exercising jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court affirms the district court's order of dismissal.
Stanko filed the instant § 2241 petition in district court challenging the Bureau of Prisons' implementation of the Second Chance Act of 2007, Pub.L. No. 110-199, 122 Stat. 657. Because Stanko had already raised the same or similar issues in a previous § 2241 petition in the Eighth Circuit, see Stanko v. Rios, 366 Fed.Appx. 706 (8th Cir. 2010), the district court concluded Stanko's instant petition was successive/abusive. See Stanko v. Davis, 617 F.3d 1262, 1269-70 (10th Cir. 2010) (holding that bar on second or successive habeas petitions and doctrine of abuse of the writ apply to § 2241 petitions and affirming district court's dismissal of earlier Stanko petition as successive).
The district court's conclusion that Stanko's § 2241 petition is successive/abusive is indisputably correct and Stanko's arguments to the contrary are utterly frivolous. Accordingly, for exactly those reasons set out by the district court, this court AFFIRMS the district court's order of dismissal. Furthermore, because Stanko has failed to make a reasoned, nonfrivolous argument on appeal, we DENY his motion to proceed on appeal in forma pauperis and order him to remit the full appellate filing fee forthwith.