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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

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BENNIE LEE MATHIS,

Plaintiff,

CASE NO. 09cv230-MMA(AJB)

vs. ORDER RE: CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY

DOMINGO URIBE, JR., Warden,

Defendant.

Petitioner, Bennie Lee Mathis, a state Petitioner proceeding pro se, filed a Petition for Writ

of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging his May 21, 1993, sentencing in San

Diego Superior Court, Case No. 14943, for second degree murder and voluntary manslaughter, to

which Petitioner entered a plea of no contest. Respondents moved to dismiss the Petition as

procedurally time-barred pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d). Magistrate Judge Anthony J. Battaglia

issued a Report and Recommendation on September 9, 2009, recommending that this Court dismiss

the petition as untimely [Doc. No. 13]. After Petitioner filed Objections to the Report and

Recommendation [Doc. Nos. 14 & 16], the Court adopted the Report and Recommendation and

dismissed the petition for failure to comply with 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d) [Doc. No. 17]. Petitioner has

timely filed a notice of appeal of the Court’s denial of his application for a writ of habeas corpus

[Doc. No. 20]. Before petitioner can appeal this decision, a certificate of appealability must issue. 

28 U.S.C. § 2253(c); Fed. R. App. P. 22(b).

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A petitioner may not seek an appeal of a claim arising out of state court detention unless

the petitioner first obtains a certificate of appealability from a district judge or a circuit judge

under 28 U.S.C. § 2253. Fed. R. App. P. 22(b). Under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1), a certificate of

appealability will issue only if the petitioner makes a substantial showing of the denial of a

constitutional right. For the reasons set forth in Judge Battaglia’s Report and Recommendation,

Petitioner has not made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right. Moreover,

when a district court has denied a petition on procedural grounds, a certificate of appealability

should issue if the petitioner shows both 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). A court need not address both showings if one showing is defective. 

Slack, 529 U.S. at 485. The Court finds that reasonable jurists would not debate whether

Petitioner’s petition is barred by the applicable statute of limitations. Accordingly, a certificate of

appealability should not issue in this action. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: November 9, 2009

Hon. Michael M. Anello

United States District Judge

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