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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

TERRY BROWN,

Petitioner, No. 2:06-cv-02455 ALA (HC)

vs.

MICHAEL MARTEL, Warden, 

Respondent. ORDER

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

appeal of this Court’s July 2, 2008 order denying his application for a writ of habeas corpus. He

has also requested a Certificate of Appealability. 

When an application for federal habeas corpus challenges “the Board of Prison Terms'

administrative decision to deny [a] request for parole,” but not “the State court judgment or

sentence derived therefrom,” the challenged decision relates to the execution of a petitioner’s

sentence. Rosas v. Nielsen, 428 F.3d 1229, 1231 (9th Cir. 2005). Consequently, a petitioner

challenging a parole denial need not secure a certificate of appealability to appeal a district

court’s denial of his habeas petition because the petitioner is not challenging a detention arising

out of “process issued by a State court.” 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A). 

In Rosas, “[t]he target of the first ground [of the] petition [was] not the State court

judgment or sentence derived therefrom, but the Board of Prison Terms' administrative decision

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to deny his request for parole.” 428 F.3d at 1232. Here, Petitioner targets the Governor’s

administrative decision to overturn the Board of Prison Terms’ decision to grant him parole. As

in Rosas, the challenged decision relates to the execution of Petitioner’s sentence, and no

certificate of appealability is required.

The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to refer the appeal to the Ninth Circuit.

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DATED: July 22, 2008

/s/ Arthur L. Alarcón 

UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE

Sitting by Designation

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