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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DAMEN D. RABB,

Plaintiff,

v.

ESTEVEN FIGUEROA, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 1:23-cv-00843-JLT-SAB (PC)

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S MOTION 

FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

(ECF No. 51)

Plaintiff is appearing pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action filed pursuant 

to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. 

On April 17, 2024, Plaintiff filed a notice of appeal of the Court’s March 19, 2024, order 

denying his motion for summary judgment, along with a motion for a certificate of appealability. 

(ECF Nos. 37, 50, 51.) Plaintiff is advised that while certificates of appealability are required in 

habeas corpus actions they are not needed in a civil rights action such as this one. See Miller-El 

v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 335-36, (2003) (“As mandated by federal statute, a state prisoner 

seeking a writ of habeas corpus has no absolute entitlement to appeal a district court's denial of 

his petition. 28 U.S.C. § 2253. Before an appeal may be entertained, a prisoner who was denied 

habeas relief in the district court must first seek and obtain a COA from a circuit justice or 

judge.”); 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) (noting that a COA is needed for habeas actions); Fed. R. 

App. P. 22(b)(1) (“In a habeas corpus proceeding in which the detention complained of arises 

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from process issued by a state court, or in a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 proceeding, the applicant cannot 

take an appeal unless a circuit justice or a circuit or district judge issues a certificate of 

appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c).”). Accordingly, Plaintiff’s motion for a certificate of 

appealability is denied as unnecessary.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: April 18, 2024 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

 

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