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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

KEVIN DUNIGAN,

Petitioner,

v.

ROBERT HICKMAN,

Respondent.

No. 2:11-cv-00961-MCE-EFB P

ORDER

Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding without counsel seeking a writ of habeas 

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On August 5, 2013, the Court dismissed this 

action without prejudice and judgment was duly entered. ECF No. 102, 103. Petitioner 

then moved to vacate the judgment. ECF No. 143. On February 13, 2015, the Court 

denied petitioner’s motion to vacate judgment, ECF No. 144, but did not issue or deny a 

certificate of appealability at the time the final order was entered. See Rule 11(a), Rules 

Governing § 2254 Cases.

A court shall issue a certificate of appealability where the petitioner has shown 

“that reasonable jurists could debate whether . . . the petition should have been resolved 

in a different manner or that the issues presented were adequate to deserve 

encouragement to proceed further.” Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336 (2003) 

(internal quotation marks omitted). Reasonable jurists could not debate that petitioner’s 

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motion to vacate the judgment lacked merit.

Accordingly, the Court declines to issue a certificate of appealability. The Clerk of 

the Court is directed to forward a copy of this order to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals 

for filing on the docket of Case No. 14-15743.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 24, 2015

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