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Nature of Suit Code: 555
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Prison Condition
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALFRED A. SANDOVAL, 

Plaintiff,

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JOSEPH MCGRATH, et al.,

Defendants.

 

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No. C 05-0450 JSW (PR)

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE

NOTICE OF APPEAL AND FOR

CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY

(Docket No. 9)

On May 2, 2005, the Court dismissed this case for Plaintiff’s failure to state a

claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff filed a motion to amend the complaint, which

the Court denied on July 13, 2005. Plaintiff has filed requests for permission to file a

notice of appeal and for a certificate of appealability (docket no. 9). Plaintiff’s request

for leave to file a notice of appeal is DENIED as unnecessary. Plaintiff’s request is

construed as a notice of appeal of the Court’s order denying Plaintiff’s motion to amend,

as it meets the requirements for such notice under Rule 3(c)(1) of the Federal Rules of

Appellate Procedure. Rule 3(c)(1) requires that the notice of appeal must: (1) specify the

party or parties taking the appeal, (2) designate the judgment or order at issue, and (3)

name the court to which the appeal is taken. Fed. R. App. P. 3(c)(1). 

Plaintiff’s request for a certificate of appealability is also DENIED as

unnecessary. A certificate of appealability is only necessary or appropriate in a habeas
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corpus case, which this is not. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c); Fed. R. App. P. 22(b). 

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

States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: October 4, 2005

 

 JEFFREY S. WHITE

 United States District Judge