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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 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

HUSSEIN ADEN IBRAHIM, 

Petitioner,

v. 

ROBERT FOX, WARDEN, 

Respondent.

 Case No.: 3:17-cv-00696-BEN-AGS 

ORDER ISSUING CERTIFICATE 

OF APPEALABILITY 

Petitioner Hussein Aden Ibrahim, a state prisoner, commenced this action with the 

filing of a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 on April 5, 

2017. (Docket No. 1.) Subsequently, following review of Petitioner’s First Amended 

Petition, Respondent’s Motion to Dismiss, Petitioner’s Opposition, and the lodgments, 

Magistrate Judge Andrew G. Schopler issued a thoughtful and thorough Report and 

Recommendation (“Report”) recommending that the Motion be granted. (Docket No. 

13.) Objections to the Report were due by February 8, 2018. (Id.) Petitioner timely filed 

his objections to the Report. (Docket No. 14.) 

On February 20, 2018, following review of the Report, the parties’ briefings, and 

Petitioner’s objections, this Court fully adopted the Report, granting Respondent’s 

motion to dismiss. (Docket No. 15.) On March 21, 2018, Petitioner filed a motion for a 

certificate of appealability for the following issue. On March 22, 2018, Petitioner filed 

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his Notice of Appeal. (Docket No 17.) On April 10, 2018, the Ninth Circuit issued an 

order in Petitioner’s appeal remanding Petitioner’s case to this Court with instructions to 

issue or deny a certificate of appealablity. (Docket No. 19.) 

 A certificate of appealability must be obtained by a petitioner in order to pursue an 

appeal from a final order in a section 2254 habeas corpus proceeding. 28 U.S.C. § 

2253(c)(1)(A); Fed. R. App. P. 22(b). A certificate of appealability should be issued only 

where the petition presents “a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.” 

28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). “[T]he district court shall indicate which specific issue or issues 

satisfy the standard for issuing a certificate, or state its reasons why a certificate should 

not be granted.” United States v. Asrar, 116 F.3d 1268, 1270 (9th Cir. 1997). A 

certificate should issue where the prisoner shows that jurists of reason would find it 

debatable whether the petition states a valid claim of the denial of a constitutional right, 

and whether the district court was correct in its procedural ruling. See Slack v. McDaniel, 

529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000). 

The Court finds that Petitioner has raised colorable, nonfrivolous arguments with 

respect to his contention that he filed a timely habeas petition. (See Docket No. 16-1.) 

Therefore, the Court issues a certificate of appealability on the sole issue of: 

Whether Petitioner’s state habeas petition was timely filed such 

that the statute of limitations for his federal habeas petition was 

tolled until the California Supreme Court denied his state 

habeas petition on February 7, 2017? 

IT IS SO ORDERED.1

Dated: April 10, 2018 

                                              

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 Because the Court has issued a certificate of appealability, Petitioner’s motion for 

certificate of appealability is denied as moot. 

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