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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

DONALD WASHINGTON, B69981,

Petitioner,

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DEBBIE ASUNCION, Acting Warden,

Respondent. 

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No. C 97-2316 CRB (PR)

ORDER REGARDING

SECOND REQUEST FOR A

CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY

(Dkt. #38)

On February 16, 2016, the court denied petitioner’s motion for

reconsideration or to vacate judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure

60(b) and, on March 4, 2016, denied petitioner’s request for a certificate of

appealability (COA) from the court’s denial of his Rule 60(b) motion. The court

found that “[p]etitioner has not demonstrated that ‘jurists of reason would find it

debatable whether the petition states a valid claim of the denial of a constitutional

right and that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the district court

was correct in its procedural ruling.’” Mar. 4, 2016 Order at 1 (quoting Slack v.

McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000)).

Petitioner filed a notice of appeal in this court and submitted a request for

a COA to the Ninth Circuit, which on March 17, 2016 the circuit stamped

received and forwarded to this court for filing. The request (dkt. #38) is

DENIED for the same reasons noted in this court’s March 4, 2016 order. But the

clerk is instructed to send a copy of the request to the Ninth Circuit because the

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request appears to be directed to the Ninth Circuit rather than this court. It

specifically requests that the Ninth Circuit grant petitioner a COA “following the

denial of a COA by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

on the 4th day of March 2016 . . . .” Dkt. #38 at 1. 

SO ORDERED.

DATED: 4/1/2016 

CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge

N:\Washington, D.97-2316.deny_coa2.wpd

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