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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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For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

FERNANDO MURILLO,

Petitioner(s),

 v.

JOSEPH L. MCGRATH, Warden

Respondent(s). /

NO. C 02-3264 JW 

ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY

Petitioner Fernando Murillo initiated this suit on July 9, 2002. On March 4, 2003, the Court

denied Petitioner’s motion for appointment of counsel as premature, and extended the time to file an

application to proceed in forma pauperis. In April of 2003, Petitioner filed a motion for leave to

proceed in forma pauperis together with a certificate of funds in his prisoner account. On May 7,

2003, the Court denied Petitioner’s motion to proceed in forma pauperis and motion for appointment

of counsel, and ordered Petitioner to pay the filing fee within thirty days. 

On February 10, 2004, the Court dismissed the action based upon Petitioner’s failure to pay

the filing fee, and entered judgment. Over a year later, on August 24, 2005, Petitioner filed a notice

of appeal. 

A petitioner may not appeal a final order in a federal habeas corpus proceeding without first

obtaining a certificate of appealability (formerly known as a certificate of probable cause to appeal). 

28 U.S.C. § 2253(c); Fed. R. App. P. 22(b). A judge shall grant a certificate of appealability “only if

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 Petitioner may then ask the Court of Appeals to issue the certificate, see Fed. R. App. P.

22(b)(1), or if he does not, the notice of appeal will be construed as such a request, see Fed. R. App.

P. 22(b)(2).

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

2253(c)(2). The certificate must indicate which issues satisfy this standard. See id. § 2253(c)(3).

As stated above, the Court dismissed the instant petition for failure to file the filing fee. 

Accordingly, the Court DENIES the certificate of appealability.

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

Fed. R. App. P. 22(b).1

Dated: April __, 2006 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge

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THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT COPIES OF THIS ORDER HAVE BEEN DELIVERED TO:

Fernando Murillo

P-33479

High Desert State Prison

P. O. Box 3030

Susanville, Ca 96127-3030

Gregory A. Ott

Seth K. Schalit

Attorney General’s Office

455 Golden Gate Avenue

Suite 11000

San Francisco, CA 94102

Dated: April __, 2006 Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: /s/JW Chambers 

Melissa Peralta

Courtroom Deputy

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