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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 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

EDUARDO JAIME,

Petitioner,

vs.

JAMES E. TILTON, Secretary, California

Department of Corrections and

Rehabilitation,

Respondent.

No. 2:05-cv-00933-JKS(HC)

ORDER DENYING

CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

On January 25, 2008, Petitioner filed a Notice of Appeal and Application for a Certificate

of Appealability at Docket 20. On November 30, 2007, judgment was entered denying the

petition and declining to issue a Certificate of Appealability. Petitioner requests this Court

reconsider its denial of a Certificate of Appealability. The Court can find no basis for

reconsidering its earlier denial of a Certificate of Appealability. Moreover, the Notice of Appeal

is untimely.

The timely filing of a notice of appeal is a jurisdictional requirement. Browder v.

Director, Dept. of Corrections of Illinois, 434 U.S. 257, 264 (1978). Here, the time limit for

filing a notice of appeal following entry of judgment is thirty days. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a). 

Petitioner’s notice of appeal in this action was filed more than thirty days after entry of the

judgment. 

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has held that the issuance of a

certificate of probable cause cannot vest the court of appeals with jurisdiction if jurisdiction is

not proper in that court. Hayward v. Britt, 572 F.2d 1324, 1325 (9th Cir. 1978). The rationale of

Hayward applies with equal force to a Certificate of Appealability.

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ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

Jaime v. Tilton, 2:05-cv-00933-JKS(HC) 2

For these reasons, the Court declines to reconsider its earlier decision declining to issue a

Certificate of Appealability; any further request for a Certificate of Appealability must be

addressed to the Court of Appeals. See Fed. R. App. P. 22(b); Ninth Circuit R. 22-1.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 1, 2008

s/ James K. Singleton, Jr.

JAMES K. SINGLETON, JR.

United States District Judge

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