FILED
United States Court of Appeals
Tenth Circuit

July 9, 2007

Elisabeth A. Shumaker
Clerk of Court

	UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

TENTH CIRCUIT

JOSE CASTRO-QUIRINO,

		Petitioner - Appellant,	

No. 06-2322	
	v.	(D. New Mexico)	
LANE BLAIR, Warden, Torrance County Detention Facility; ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF NEW MEXICO,

		Respondents - Appellees.	(D.C. No. CIV-03-753-MV)		

	ORDER

Before KELLY, MURPHY, and O’BRIEN, Circuit Judges.

	Petitioner, Jose Castro-Quirino seeks a certificate of appealability (“COA”) from this court so he can appeal the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 habeas petition.  See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) (providing that no appeal may be taken from a final order disposing of a § 2254 petition unless the petitioner first obtains a COA).  Because Castro-Quirino has not “made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right,” this court denies his request for a COA and dismisses this appeal.  Id. § 2253(c)(2). 
	After a New Mexico jury trial, Castro-Quirino was convicted of intimidation of a witness, aggravated battery against a household member, and criminal sexual penetration in the third degree.  On direct appeal, the New Mexico Court of Appeals affirmed the convictions, rejecting Castro-Quirino’s arguments of insufficient evidence.  Castro-Quirino then filed a state habeas corpus petition which was denied by the state district court.  His petition for a writ of certiorari was rejected by the New Mexico Supreme Court as untimely. 
	Castro-Quirino filed the instant § 2254 habeas application on June 25, 2003, raising the following allegations: (1) he was denied the effective assistance of trial counsel, (2) his double jeopardy rights were violated, and (3) prosecutorial misconduct and numerous errors committed by the trial court deprived him of a fair trial.  Respondent moved to dismiss Castro-Quirino’s § 2254 petition.  The district court granted Respondent’s motion, concluding Castro-Quirino’s claims were procedurally defaulted due to his failure to perfect a timely petition for writ of certiorari in the New Mexico Supreme Court.  See Watson v. New Mexico, 45 F.3d 385, 387 (10th Cir. 1995).  The court determined Castro-Quirino failed to show cause for the default and actual prejudice or that the failure to review his claims would result in a fundamental miscarriage of justice.  See Coleman v. Thompson, 501 U.S. 722, 750 (1991). 
	This court cannot grant Castro-Quirino a COA unless he can demonstrate “that 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, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000) (quotations omitted).  In evaluating whether Castro-Quirino has carried his burden, this court undertakes “a preliminary, though not definitive, consideration of the [legal] framework” applicable to each of his claims.  Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 338 (2003).  Castro-Quirino is not required to demonstrate his appeal will succeed to be entitled to a COA.  He must, however, “prove something more than the absence of frivolity or the existence of mere good faith.”  Id.  (quotations omitted).  
	This court has reviewed Castro-Quirino’s appellate briefs, the district court’s order, and the entire record on appeal pursuant to the framework set out by the Supreme Court in Miller-El and concludes that Castro-Quirino is not entitled to a COA.  The district court’s resolution of Castro-Quirino’s claims is not reasonably subject to debate and the claims are not adequate to deserve further proceedings.  Accordingly, Castro-Quirino has not “made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right” and is not entitled to a COA.  28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2).  
	This court denies Castro-Quirino’s request for a COA, dismisses this appeal, and grants counsel’s motion to withdraw.
ENTERED FOR THE COURT

Michael R. Murphy
Circuit Judge