Wallin v. Werholtz
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ORDER: Applicant's Motion to Amend, ECF No. 32 , is denied. Applicant's Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Temporary Restraining Order, ECF No. 6 , is denied. The Application and action shall be drawn to a presiding judge and if appropriate to a magistrate judge. By Judge Lewis T. Babcock on 7/8/2014.(klyon, )
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Civil Action No. 13-cv-01867-BNB
OLOYEA D. WALLIN, a.k.a. DONALD OLOYEA WALLIN, a.k.a. OLOYEA WALLIN,
Applicant,
v.
MICHAEL MILLER, Warden, Crowley County Correctional Facility,
Respondent.
ORDER
Applicant is a Colorado Department of Corrections (DOC) inmate, who is
incarcerated at the Crowley County Correctional Facility in Olney Springs, Colorado.
Applicant has filed an Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus Pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
§ 2241, ECF No. 1, challenging the execution of his sentence by the DOC. Specifically,
Applicant challenges the Parole Board’s use of allegedly false information in his
Presentence Investigation Report to deny him parole and the failure to follow statutorial
procedures in violation of his due process rights. Applicant has been granted leave to
proceed in forma pauperis pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915.
On August 23, 2013, Magistrate Judge Boyd N. Boland directed Respondent to
file a preliminary response addressing the affirmative defenses of timeliness under 28
U.S.C. § 2244(d) and/or exhaustion of state court remedies. Respondent submitted a
preliminary response on September 13, 2013. Applicant filed a Reply on October 22,
2013. Magistrate Judge Boland then directed Respondent to supplement the Response
and address Claim Two. Respondent filed a Supplement on December 16, 2013, and
argued that Claim Two should be denied because Applicant has not exhausted state
court remedies. Applicant replied to the Supplement on January 28 and February 25,
2014, and argued that he may challenge the denial of this parole application in federal
court without first seeking review of the parole board’s decision in the Colorado state
courts.
After review of the Preliminary Response, Reply, and supplemental pleadings
submitted by each party, Magistrate Judge Boland entered an order on April 2, 2014,
that found pursuant to Wildermuth v. Furlong, 147 F.3d 1234, 1235 n.1 (10th Cir. 1998);
White v. People, 866 P.2d 1371, 1373 (Colo. 1994) (noting that claims alleging an
abuse of discretion by the parole board are not subject to judicial review in Colorado
state courts), Applicant is not required to exhaust state court remedies regarding his two
claims. Nonetheless, because Applicant had appealed the denial of his parole as it
pertains to Claim One, Magistrate Judge Boland found consideration of the claim should
be deferred as a matter of comity. Magistrate Judge Boland then directed Applicant to
show cause why the action should not be dismissed as a mixed petition.
Applicant responded on April 25, 2014, and claimed the Colorado Court of
Appeals had entered an opinion in the appeal on March 20, 2014, and Claim One now
is exhausted. Pursuant to Court order, Respondent responded to Applicant’s Response
and argued that Applicant still has not exhausted his state court remedies regarding
Claim One because he has not petitioned for a writ of certiorari in the Colorado
Supreme Court and because he had an appeal pending when he filed this action.
Because Applicant is not required to exhaust state court remedies when
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challenging a parole decision and comity is not at issue, Claim One is not subject to
exhaustion requirements. Therefore, Applicant is not precluded from proceeding with
the two claims due to any exhaustion requirements.
Furthermore, as determined in the April 2, 2014 Order to Show Cause, Claim
One is time-barred only as to the 2009 parole hearing. Finally, Respondent did not
raise a time-bar affirmative defense with respect to Claim Two.
The Court also will deny Applicant’s Motion to Amend, ECF No. 32, and his
Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Temporary Restraining Order, ECF No. 6.
First, the Court will address the Motion to Amend. Applicant has failed to submit
an Amended Application that presents all of his claims on the same Court-approved
form. Applicant submitted a Motion to Amend, ECF No. 32, a Proposed Amendments to
Application, ECF No. 33, and an Amended Application for a Writ of Habeas Corpus
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241, ECF No. 34. The Amended Application includes only the
two claims Applicant raised in the original Application. Pursuant to D.C.COLO.L.CivR
5.1(c), a pro se party shall use the forms established by the Court to file a pleading.
Federal Rule Civil Procedure 83(a)(2) allows a federal district court’s local rules to be
enforced unless the failure to comply with a rule is “nonwillful.” Applicant is very familiar
with the Local Rules of this Court. Since 2003, Applicant has filed at least twenty cases
in this Court and is well aware that he must assert his claims together on one Courtapproved form. See U.S. District Court, District of Colorado, (Denver) CMECF. Based
on Plaintiff’s knowledge of Court procedures and his failure to include all claims on one
Court-approved form, Applicant’s noncompliance is willful. Therefore, the Court will
deny Applicant’s Motion to Amend and refrain from addressing the new claim Applicant
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seeks to include in this action.
Second, the Court will address Applicant’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction and
Temporary Restraining Order. Applicant asks that the Court restrain Respondent from
using the information in his PSI (Presentence Investigation Report) to determine
whether Applicant is eligible for parole, ISP (Intensive Supervised Parole), or community
corrections placement. Mot. Prelim. Injunction, ECF No. 6, at 1-2.
A party seeking a preliminary injunction must show a substantial likelihood of
prevailing on the merits, that he will suffer irreparable injury unless the injunction issues,
that the threatened injury outweighs whatever damage the proposed injunction may
cause the opposing party, and that the injunction, if issued, would not be adverse to the
public interest. See Lundgrin v. Claytor, 619 F.2d 61, 63 (10th Cir. 1980). Similarly, a
party seeking a temporary restraining order must demonstrate clearly, with specific
factual allegations, that immediate and irreparable injury will result unless a temporary
restraining order is issued. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 65(b).
A preliminary injunction is an extraordinary remedy and “the primary goal of a
preliminary injunction is to preserve the pre-trial status quo.” RoDa Drilling Co. v.
Siegal, 552 F.3d 1203, 1208 (10th Cir. 2009). Therefore, “courts should be especially
cautious when granting an injunction that requires the nonmoving party to take
affirmative action - a mandatory preliminary injunction - before a trial on the merits
occurs.” Id. Because Plaintiff’s request to disregard his PSI report alters the status
quo, he must make a heightened showing of the four factors listed above with respect to
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this request. See id. at 1209.
For the following reasons, Applicant fails to assert a need for injunctive relief at
this time. Plaintiff’s claim of irreparable harm is conclusory and vague. He also does
not demonstrate a substantial likelihood of prevailing on the merits or allege that his
injury outweighs whatever damage the proposed injunction may cause the opposing
party, or that a preliminary injunction would not be adverse to the public interest. The
Motion for Preliminary Injunction and Temporary Restraining Order, therefore, will be
denied. According, it is
ORDERED that Applicant’s Motion to Amend, ECF No. 32, is denied. It is
FURTHER ORDERED that Applicant’s Motion for Preliminary Injunction and
Temporary Restraining Order, ECF No. 6, is denied. It is
FURTHER ORDERED that based on the above findings the Application and
action shall be drawn to a presiding judge and if appropriate to a magistrate judge.
DATED at Denver, Colorado, this 8th day of
July
, 2014.
BY THE COURT:
s/Lewis T. Babcock
LEWIS T. BABCOCK, Senior Judge
United States District Court
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