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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 DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

James William Gates,

Petitioner,

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Dora B. Schiro,

Respondent.

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No. CV-06-2251-PHX-PGR 

 

ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE

OF APPEALABILITY

Having reviewed the petitioner’s Application for Certificate of Appealability

(doc. #19), the Court finds that no certificate of appealability should be issued. 

The Court denied the petitioner’s habeas petition, filed pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 2254, on the ground that the petition was untimely because it was filed

after the expiration of the one-year limitations period set forth in 28 U.S.C. 

§ 2244(d)(1)(A). Since the Court denied the petition on procedural grounds

without reaching the merits of the petitioner’s constitutional claims, a COA should

issue only if the petitioner shows (1) that jurists of reason would find it debatable

whether the petition states a valid claim of the denial of a constitutional right, and

(2) that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the Court was correct in

its procedural ruling. Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484, 120 S.Ct. 1595, 1604

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(2000); 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B) and (c)(2). The Court concludes that the

petitioner has failed to meet his burden as to either of these factors. Therefore,

IT IS ORDERED that the petitioner’s Application for Certificate of

Appealability (doc. #19) is denied.

DATED this 24th day of March, 2009.

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