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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

BARRY DEWAYNE WOODS, 

Petitioner, No. CIV S-01-1724 LKK KJM P

vs.

JOE McGRATH, 

Respondent. ORDER

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Petitioner is a state prison inmate proceeding pro se with a petition for a writ of

habeas corpus. On March 28, 2007, the court denied the petition and entered judgment. On May

14, 2007, petitioner filed a notice of appeal and request for a certificate of appealability. 

Although the court deemed them to have been filed on May 4, 2007, one of the two dates on the

certificate of service, the court nevertheless found the appeal to have been filed late and denied a

certificate of appealability.

On July 9, 2007, while petitioner’s request for a certificate of appealability was

pending in the Court of Appeals, petitioner filed a motion for reconsideration of the denial of the

certificate of appealability. On August 7, 2007, the Court of Appeals denied the certificate of

appealability.

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In Malone v. Avenenti, 850 F.2d 569, 572 (9th Cir. 1988), the Court of Appeals

held that if a litigant fails to file an extension of time within the thirty day period for filing the

notice of appeal under Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1) and similarly fails to move for an extension of

time within the thirty day grace period under Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(5), there is no appellate

jurisdiction. The court also recognized that there was no exception for pro per litigants or habeas

corpus cases. Id.

Because petitioner did not timely file either a notice of appeal or a request for an

extension of time, the court declines to reconsider the order denying the certificate of

appealability.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that petitioner’s July 9, 2007 motion for

reconsideration is denied.

DATED: September 25, 2007.

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