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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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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL B. WILLIAMS,

Petitioner,

 v.

STEPHEN MAYBERG, Warden,

Respondent. ______________________________

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No. C 03-5147 MMC (PR)

ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE

OF APPEALABILITY

On November 21, 2003, petitioner, a civil detainee confined at Atascadero State

Hospital pursuant to California Welfare and Institutions Code § 6602, filed the above-titled

petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, challenging a 1991 state

court conviction. On November 8, 2004, respondent’s motion to dismiss the petition as

untimely was granted, judgment was entered in respondent’s favor, and the case was closed. 

The Court of Appeals thereafter denied petitioner’s request for a certificate of appealability. 

On March 1, 2007, petitioner filed a motion for reconsideration in this court, which motion

was denied on April 27, 2007. Petitioner has filed a notice of appeal from the denial of the

motion for reconsideration, which notice the Court construes as including a request for a

certificate of appealability pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) and Federal Rule of Appellate

Procedure 22(b). See United States v. Asrar, 116 F.3d 1268, 1270 (9th Cir. 1997). Petitioner

has not shown “that reasonable jurists would find” this Court’s ruling “debatable or wrong.” 

See Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 483 (2000). Accordingly, the request for a certificate

of appealability is hereby DENIED.

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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

of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, from which petitioner may also seek a certificate of

appealability. See Asrar, 116 F.3d at 1270.

 IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: May 24, 2007 _________________________ MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge

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