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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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NOT FOR CITATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAMUEL W. LEWIS,

Petitioner,

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BEN CURRY, Warden,

Respondent. 

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No. C 08-03934 JF (PR)

ORDER GRANTING

CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY

This case has been remanded to the district court for the limited purpose of

granting or denying a certificate of appealability. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c); Fed. R. App.

P. 22(b); United States v. Asrar, 116 F.3d 1268, 1270 (9th Cir. 1997). Petitioner filed a

notice of appeal from the district court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging the California Board of Prison Terms (“Board”)

decision denying him parole. Therefore, the district court is required to grant or deny a

certificate of appealability in the first instance. See Hayward v. Marshall, 603 F.3d 546

(9th Cir. 2010) (en banc).

The Court finds that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether Petitioner’s

right to due process was violated by the Board’s decision denying him parole based upon

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his claim that there is no evidence to support the Board’s finding that he is unsuitable for

parole. Therefore, the request for a certificate of appealability is GRANTED.

The Clerk shall transmit the file, including a copy of this order, to the Court of

Appeals and close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: ____________________ JEREMY FOGEL 

United States District Judge

7/16/10

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAMUEL W. LEWIS,

Petitioner,

 v.

WARDEN BEN CURRY,

Respondent. /

Case Number: CV08-03934 JF 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on , I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by

placing said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office

delivery receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Samuel W. Lewis E05524

Correctional Training Facility

P.O. Box 689

Soledad, CA 93960-0689

Dated: 

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Christine Allen, Deputy Clerk

7/26/10

7/26/10

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Samuel W. Lewis E05524

Correctional Training Facility

P.O. Box 689

Soledad, CA 93960-0689

CV08-03934 JF 

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