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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BARBARA LYNN CHAVEZ,

Petitioner,

v.

GLORIA HENRY, WARDEN,

Respondent.

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CV F 05-00490 OWW DLB HC

ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S MOTION

FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

[Doc. 36]

Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for writ of habeas corpus

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. 

On January 11, 2007, the petition for writ of habeas corpus was dismissed and judgment

was entered. (Court Docs. 31, 32.) 

When a district court denies a habeas petition on procedural grounds without reaching the

underlying constitutional claims, the petitioner must show, in order to obtain a certificate of

appealability: (1) that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the petition stated a valid

claim of a denial of a constitutional right; and (2) 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 (2000). While both showings must be made to obtain a certificate of appealability, “a court

may find that it can dispose of the application in a fair and prompt manner if it proceeds first to

resolve the issue whose answer is more apparent from the record and arguments.” Slack, 529

U.S. at 485. 

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The Court finds that Petitioner has failed to make an adequate showing. The Court does

not find that jurists of reason would not find it debatable whether the petition was properly

dismissed as untimeliness. Petitioner has not made the required substantial showing of the denial

of a constitutional right. Accordingly, the Court hereby DENIES Petitioner's motion for

certificate of appealability.IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 7, 2007 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

emm0d6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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