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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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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VICTOR SAMUEL DAVIS,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-08-1007 FCD CHS P

vs.

L.E. SCRIBNER, Warden, et al.,

Respondents. ORDER

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Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a timely notice of appeal of

this court’s March 19, 2010 order denying his application for writ of habeas corpus. Before

petitioner can appeal this decision, a certificate of appealability must issue. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c);

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

A certificate of appealability may issue under 28 U.S.C. § 2253 “if the applicant

has made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.” 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). 

The certificate of appealability must “indicate which specific issue or issues satisfy” the

requirement. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(3).

A certificate of appealability should be granted for any issue that petitioner can

demonstrate is “‘debatable among jurists of reason,’” could be resolved differently by a different

court, or is “‘adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed further.’” Jennings v. Woodford,

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 Except for the requirement that appealable issues be specifically identified, the

standard for issuance of a certificate of appealability is the same as the standard that applied to

issuance of a certificate of probable cause. Jennings, at 1010.

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290 F.3d 1006, 1010 (9th Cir. 2002) (quoting Barefoot v. Estelle, 463 U.S. 880, 893 (1983)).1

Petitioner has not met this standard. For the reasons set forth in the magistrate

judge’s Findings and Recommendations filed on February 12, 2010, petitioner has not made a

substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right in any of his claims.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that a certificate of appealability shall

not issue in the present action.

DATED: April 27, 2010.

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