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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

JEFFREY SCOTT BUATHIER,

Petitioner, 2:00-cv-01639-GEB-JFM-P

vs.

GAIL LEWIS, et al., 

Respondents. ORDER

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Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has

timely filed a notice of appeal of this court’s September 19,

2005 denial of his application for a writ of habeas corpus. 

Petitioner has also filed a request for a certificate of

appealability pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c). 

A certificate of appealability may issue under 28

U.S.C. § 2253 “only 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 

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1 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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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, 290 F.3d 1006, 1010 (9th Cir.

2002) (quoting Barefoot v. Estelle, 463 U.S. 880, 893 (1983)).1

Petitioner has made a substantial showing of the denial

of a constitutional right in the following issue presented in the

instant petition: Whether petitioner’s sentence of twenty-five

years to life in prison constitutes cruel and unusual punishment

in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the United States

Constitution. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that petitioner’s

October 24, 2005 request for a certificate of appealability is

granted. 

DATED: November 7, 2005

/s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr.

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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