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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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 Petitioner’s request for a certificate of appealability is to be construed as a notice of 1

appeal. Ortberg v. Moody, 961 F.2d 135, 137 (9 Cir. 1992)(“a request for a certificate of th

probable cause can serve ‘double duty’ as notice of appeal”) [internal quotations omitted]. 

 Although the order denying the petition was filed on June 24, 2008, due to a clerical

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error, entry of judgment was not noted in the docket until June 27, 2008.

 Although filed before judgment was entered, the appeal is deemed timely. Firstier 3

Mortgage Co. v. Investors Mortgage Ins. Co., 498 U.S. 269, 274-76, 111 S. Ct. 648, 652-

53(1991)(premature notice of appeal found timely if appellant has reasonable belief he is

appealing final judgment); Wilborn v. Escalderon, 789 F.2d 1328, 1330 (9 Cir.1986)(timeliness th

requirement satisfied as prematurely filed notice of appeal treated as final after judgment is

entered). 

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANDREW A. CEJAS, 

Petitioner, 2:05-cv-2274-GEB-GGH-P

vs.

LOU BLANAS, et al.,

Respondents. ORDER

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Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has timely filed a notice of appeal1

of this court’s June 27, 2008 denial of his application for a writ of habeas corpus. Before 2 3

petitioner can appeal this decision, a certificate of appealability must issue. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c);

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 Except for the requirement that appealable issues be specifically identified, the standard 4

for issuance of a certificate of appealability is the same as the standard that applied to issuance of

a certificate of probable cause. Jennings, at 1010.

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Fed. R. App. P. 22(b).

A certificate of appealability may issue under 28 U.S.C. § 2253 “only if the

applicant has made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.” 28 U.S.C.

§ 2253(c)(2). The certificate of appealability must “indicate which specific issue or issues

satisfy” the requirement. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(3).

A certificate of appealability should be granted for any issue that petitioner can

demonstrate is “‘debatable among jurists of reason,’” could be resolved differently by a different

court, or is “‘adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed further.’” Jennings v. Woodford,

290 F.3d 1006, 1010 (9th Cir. 2002) (quoting Barefoot v. Estelle, 463 U.S. 880, 893 (1983)).

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Petitioner has made a sufficient showing of the denial of a constitutional right in

the following issue presented in the instant petition: whether petitioner’s federal right to a speedy

trial was violated.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that a certificate of appealability is

issued in the present action. 

Dated: July 24, 2008

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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