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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 

ANTHONY B. TILLMAN, 

Petitioner, 

v. 

SUE HUBBARD, Warden, 

 Respondent. /

No. Civ. S-06-0008 DFL CMK 

O R D E R

Petitioner’s motion for a certificate of appealability 

(COA) is granted as to whether applying the second and 

successive petition provisions of the Antiterrorism and 

Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) has an impermissibly 

retroactive effect when the initial petition was filed and 

denied on the merits before AEDPA became effective. The Ninth 

Circuit has decided the issue. United States v. Villa-Gonzalez, 

208 F.3d 1160, 1163-64 (9th Cir. 2000); but see In re Jones, 226 

F.3d 328, 332 n.1 (4th Cir. 2000)(rejecting the Ninth Circuit’s 

holding in Villa-Gonzalez). It remains debatable for purposes 

of issuing a COA, however, because of conflicting case law from 

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other circuits. See Lambright v. Stewart, 220 F.3d 1022, 1026 

(9th Cir. 2000)(holding that a question well-settled in the 

circuit may be the subject of a COA when another circuit has 

reached a conflicting view). 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May 23, 2007 

 /s/ David F. Levi___________

 DAVID F. LEVI 

United States District Judge 

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