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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 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MICHAEL L. BEST,

Petitioner,

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DIRECTOR, CALIFORNIA

DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,

Respondent.

 

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No. C 02-2113 JSW (PR)

ORDER DENYING

CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY AND

DENYING MOTION FOR

EXTENSION OF TIME

(Docket nos. 47, 49)

Petitioner, a state prisoner, has timely filed a notice of appeal from this Court’s

judgment, entered September 29, 2005, denying the petition for writ of habeas corpus on

the merits. Petitioner has also filed a request for a certificate of appealability pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) and Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 22(b) (docket no. 49). 

Petitioner has also filed a request for extension of time to file a notice of appeal, which is

DENIED as moot (docket no. 47).

A judge shall grant a certificate of appealability “only if the applicant has made a

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

Petitioner has not demonstrated “that reasonable jurists would find the district court’s

assessment of the constitutional claims debatable or wrong.” Slack v. McDaniel, 529

U.S. 473, 484 (2000). Accordingly, the request for a certificate of appealability is

DENIED (docket no. 49).

The Clerk of Court shall forward this order, along with the case file, to the United

States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from which Petitioner may also seek a

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certificate of appealability. See United States v. Asrar, 116 F.3d 1268, 1270 (9th Cir.

1997).

DATED: November 21, 2005

 

 JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

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