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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

JOSE DE JESUS RODRIGUEZ,

Petitioner,

v.

BILL LOCKYER, Attorney

General of the State of

California,

Respondent.

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Civ. S–05-1558 DFL DAD 

O R D E R

Petitioner is a former state prisoner proceeding pro se with

a § 2254 petition that he filed on June 28, 2005. Petitioner

filed an amended petition on May 1, 2006. On May 8, 2006, the

court filed an order stating that the amended petition would be

disregarded. Petitioner filed a notice of interlocutory appeal

on May 15, 2006. 

Under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, a certificate of appealability is

warranted only if the case presents a “substantial question,”

i.e., one that is “‘debatable among jurists of reason,’” could be

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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)). 

This case does not present such a “substantial question.” 

The magistrate judge is attempting to manage the case in a

sensible fashion. He has called for respondent to answer the

petition already on file. By filing an amended petition,

petitioner confuses the pleadings, and the magistrate judge acted

within his proper discretion in striking the amended petition. 

Petitioner may make a motion to file an amended petition at the

appropriate time. Accordingly, petitioner’s request for

certificate of appealability is DENIED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 8/3/2006

DAVID F. LEVI

United States District Judge

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