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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

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JERRY ELSTER,

Petitioner,

 v.

ROBERT AYERS JR.,

Respondent. /

No. C 08-03279 WHA

ORDER DENYING MOTION

FOR CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY

This is a habeas case under 28 U.S.C. 2254 filed by a state prisoner. The petition was

denied on its merits in an order dated June 12, 2009. Judgment was entered that day. Petitioner

now moves for a certificate of appealability (“COA”).

A petitioner may not appeal a final order in a federal habeas corpus proceeding without

first obtaining a certificate of appealability (formerly known as a certificate of probable cause to

appeal). See 28 U.S.C. 2253(c); Fed. R. App. P. 22(b). A judge shall grant a certificate of

appealability “only if the applicant has made a substantial showing of the denial of a

constitutional right.” 28 U.S.C. 2253(c)(2). The certificate must indicate which issues satisfy

this standard. “Where a district court has rejected the constitutional claims on the merits, the

showing required to satisfy § 2253(c) is straightforward: the petitioner must demonstrate that

reasonable jurists would find the district court’s assessment of the constitutional claims

debatable or wrong.” Slack v. McDaniel, 120 S.Ct. 1595, 1604 (2000). For the reasons set out 

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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in the ruling on the petition (Dkt. No. 19), jurists of reason would not find the result debatable

or wrong. The motion for a certificate of appealability (docket number 34) is DENIED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 3, 2010. WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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