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85 F.3d 633

Docket No. 96-2020.

Postma v. Otterloo

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals

Submitted: May 10, 1996 Filed: May 16, 1996

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Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1996-05-10

Applies 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996)

Relies on Smittie v. Al Lockhart · Martin v. Solem · Frank Lawrence Basco v. United States

Opinion by Per Curiam · Decided 1996-05-10

NOTICE: Eighth Circuit Rule 28A(k) governs citation of unpublished opinions and provides that they are not precedent and generally should not be cited unless relevant to establishing the doctrines of res judicata, collateral estoppel, the law of the case, or if the opinion has persuasive value on a material issue and no published opinion would serve as well.

Before BEAM, LOKEN, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

¶1

Harold Postma, an Iowa inmate, appeals the district court's1 order dismissing without prejudice his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition, for failing to exhaust state remedies. We agree that Postma has currently available, non-futile remedies in state court, and accordingly, the district court's dismissal was correct. See Iowa Code Ann. §§ 822.2, 822.3 (West 1994); Smittie v. Lockhart, 843 F.2d 295, 296 (8th Cir.1988). We deny Postma's motion for release. See Fed. R.App. P. 23(b); Martin v. Solem, 801 F.2d 324, 329 (8th Cir.1986).

¶2

Affirmed. See 8th Cir. R. 47A(a).

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The Honorable Donald E. O'Brien, United States District Judge for the Northern District of Iowa

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