U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Hamilton v. Sharp

August 27, 2026

Summary

The court denied Hamilton a certificate of appealability and dismissed his appeal from the denial of his § 2254 petition. It held that Hamilton failed to show that reasonable jurists could debate either the district court’s ruling that his perjury-based due-process claim was untimely or its rejection of his jurisdictional claim under § 2254(d), which Hamilton also waived by failing to challenge the district court’s reasoning.