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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
Cause of Action: 28:2254 Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus (State)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAVID L. KING, No. CIV S-03-2505-FCD-CMK-P

Petitioner, 

vs. ORDER

DAVID L. RUNNELS, et al.,

Respondents.

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Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding with appointed counsel and in forma

pauperis, brings this petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Pending

before the court is petitioner’s request for a certificate of appealability (Doc. 75), filed on

October 8, 2007. 

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has timely filed a notice of appeal of

this court's denial of his application for a writ of habeas corpus. Before petitioner can appeal this

decision, a certificate of appealability must issue. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c); Fed. R. App. P.

22(b). A certificate of appealability may issue under 28 U.S.C. § 2253 “only if the applicant has

made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.” 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). The

court must either issue a certificate of appealability indicating which issues satisfy the required

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showing or must state the reasons why such a certificate should not issue. See Fed. R. App. P.

22(b). A certificate of appealability should be granted for any issue that petitioner can

demonstrate is “debatable among jurists of reason,” could be resolved differently by a different

court, or is “adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed further.” Jennings v. Woodford, 290

F.3d 1006, 1010 (9th Cir. 2002) (quoting Barefoot v. Estelle, 463 U.S. 880, 893 (1983)).

Petitioner has made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right in

the following issues presented in the instant petition: (1) Whether the in-court identification was

tainted; and (2) Whether certain evidence admitted at trial should have been suppressed. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that a certificate of appealability is

issued in the present action.

DATED: November 1, 2007.

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