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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

PAULA REGINA VILLA,

Petitioner,

vs.

GWENDOLYN MITCHELL, et al.,

Respondents.

No. 2:02-cv-01301-JKS-JFM

ORDER DENYING

CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for a writ of habeas corpus

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On March 17, 2006, judgment was entered in this court denying

the petition. On May 11, 2006, Petitioner filed a notice of appeal. Before Petitioner can appeal

this decision, a Certificate of Appealability must issue. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c); Federal Rule of

Appellate Procedure 22(b).

Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 22(b) requires the district court judge who rendered

a judgment denying such petition to “either issue a certificate of probable cause or state the

reasons why such a certificate should not issue.”

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

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. For these reasons, the court

declines to issue a certificate of appealability; any further request for a Certificate of

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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: January 15, 2008

s/ James K. Singleton, Jr.

JAMES K. SINGLETON, JR.

United States District Judge

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