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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 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALVIN KIMBROUGH,

Petitioner,

 vs.

MIKE KNOWLES, Warden,

Respondent. 

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No. C 03-1968 JSW (PR)

ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE

OF APPEALABILITY AND

GRANTING IN FORMA PAUPERIS

STATUS ON APPEAL

(Docket no. 51)

Petitioner Alvin Kimbrough filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus

challenging the constitutionality of his state conviction under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Following

briefing by the parties, this Court granted Respondent’s motion to dismiss the petition as

untimely in an order dated December 19, 2006 (docket no. 49). Petitioner has filed a request

for a certificate of appealability, a notice of appeal and request to proceed in forma pauperis

on appeal (docket no. 50). 

Petitioner has not shown “that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the

petition states a valid claim of the denial of a constitutional right and that jurists of reason

would find it debatable whether the district court was correct in its procedural ruling.” Slack

v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484-85 (2000). Accordingly, the request for a certificate of

appealability is DENIED (docket no. 51). 

Petitioner has also filed an applications for leave to proceed in forma pauperis on

appeal. See Fed. R. App. P. 24(a). Title 28 U.S.C. 1915(a)(3) provides that an appeal

may not be taken in forma pauperis if the district court certifies that it is taken in bad faith. 

Although Petitioner did not show that reasonable jurists would disagree on the merits of

his petition so as to warrant issuance of a certificate of appealability, the Court does not

find that the appeal is taken in bad faith. Accordingly, the motion to proceed in forma

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pauperis on appeal is GRANTED. 

The Clerk of Court shall forward this order, along with the case file, to the United

States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Petitioner may also seek a certificate of

appealability from that court. See United States v. Asrar, 116 F.3d 1268, 1270 (9th Cir.

1997). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 

 JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

2/5/2007

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