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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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Alford v. Maddock, No. CIV S-97-0664 LKK DAD P

[Proposed] Certificate of Appealability

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

 

JASPER WILFORD ALFORD, ) No. CIV S-97-0664 LKK DAD P

 )

Petitioner, ) CERTIFICATE

 ) OF APPEALABILITY

 v. )

)

THOMAS MADDOCK, et al. )

)

Respondents. ) 

 )

On May 11, 2007, thisCourt entered an Order denying the Amended Petition

For Writ of Habeas Corpus. On the same day, this Court entered a Judgment

against petitioner and in favor of respondent.

Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253, petitioner filed a timelyRequest of Certificate

of Appealability. TheCourtfindsthat petitioner has demonstrated that adjudication

of his Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus presents a “substantial showing of the

denial of a constitutional right,” 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2), with respect to the

following issue: 

Whether petitioner may challenge in federal court the constitutional

validity of a state court, prior conviction used to enhance his current

state sentence, where the state court erroneously barred petitioner from

litigating the validity of that prior conviction in state court.

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Alford v. Maddock, No. CIV S-97-0664 LKK DAD P

[Proposed] Certificate of Appealability

As to the foregoing issue, petitioner’s request for a Certificate of

Appealability is granted.

Dated: May 23, 2007.

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