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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

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KEVIN DUNIGAN,

Petitioner,

v.

ROBERT HICKMAN,

Respondent.

No. 2:11-cv-961-MCE-EFB P

ORDER

Petitioner is a state prisoner without counsel seeking a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 

28 U.S.C. § 2254. On April 3, 2014, this court denied petitioner’s motion for relief from 

judgment, ECF No. 125, but did not issue or deny a certificate of appealability at the time the 

final order was entered. See Rule 11(a), Rules Governing § 2254 Cases.

A court shall issue a certificate of appealability where the petitioner has shown “that 

reasonable jurists could debate whether . . . the petition should have been resolved in a different 

manner or that the issues presented were adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed further.” 

Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336 (2003) (internal quotation marks omitted). Reasonable 

jurists could not debate that petitioner’s motion to vacate the judgment lacked merit. 

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Accordingly, the Court declines to issue a certificate of appealability. The Clerk of the 

Court is directed to forward a copy of this order to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals for filing 

on the docket of Case No. 14-15743.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 28, 2014

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