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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

EARNEST CASSELL WOODS, II, Civil No. 12-3088 AJB (NLS)

Petitioner,

ORDER DENYING REQUEST FOR

v. CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

KEVIN CHAPPELL, et al., 

Respondents.

OnDecember 26, 2012, Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, submitted a Petition

for Writ of Habeas Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (ECF No. 1.) The Court dismissed

the matter on January 11, 2013, on the grounds that it was second or successive and thus barred

by the “gatekeeper” provision of 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A). (See Order dated Jan. 11, 2013,

ECF No. 4.) On February 14, 2013, Petitioner filed a Notice of Appeal, which has been

construed as a request for a certificate of appealability. 

In order to appeal a final order in a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 case, a petitioner must obtain a

certificate of appealability. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A); Fed. R. App. P. 22(b). A district

court should issue a certificate of appealability in a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 case when the appeal

presents a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2).

If jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the petition states a valid claim of the denial

of a constitutional right, or that the court’s procedural ruling was correct, a certificate should

issue. Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000).

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For the reasons stated in this Court’s January 11, 2013 Order [ECF No. 4], the Court

concludes that jurists of reason would not find it debatable whether this Court was correct in

ruling that Petitioner must first obtain permission from the Ninth Circuit to file a second or

successive petition. Accordingly the Request for Certificate of Appealability is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: February 21, 2013

Hon. Anthony J. Battaglia

U.S. District Judge

Copies to: ALL PARTIES

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