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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 

MICHAEL LEE CHILDRESS, JR., 

Petitioner, 

v. 

MIKE KNOWLES, Warden, 

 Respondent. /

No. Civ. S-02-870 DFL GGH P 

O R D E R

Petitioner’s motion for a certificate of appealability is 

granted as to whether the trial court denied petitioner his 

Fifth Amendment right to due process by issuing an erroneous 

general intent jury instruction and giving an ambiguous answer 

to a jury question regarding the mitigating effect of fear in a 

second degree murder charge. The court finds that reasonable 

jurists could disagree as to the prejudicial impact of the 

disputed instructions. 

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IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: April 9, 2007 

 /s/ David F. Levi___________

 DAVID F. LEVI 

United States District Judge 

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