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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

JACK BRENE KIRCH,

Petitioner, 2:02-cv-0495-GEB-KJM-P 

vs.

M.C. KRAMER, 

Respondent. ORDER

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Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has

timely filed a notice of appeal of this court's denial of his

application for a writ of habeas corpus. Before petitioner can

appeal this decision, a certificate of appealability must issue. 

28 U.S.C. § 2253(c); Fed. R. App. P. 22(b).

A certificate of appealability may issue under 28

U.S.C. § 2253 “only if the applicant has made a substantial

showing of the denial of a constitutional right.” 28 U.S.C.

§ 2253(c)(2). The certificate of appealability must “indicate 

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which specific issue or issues satisfy” the requirement. 28

U.S.C. § 2253(c)(3).

A certificate of appealability should be granted for

any issue that petitioner can demonstrate is “‘debatable among

jurists of reason,’” could be resolved differently by a different

court, or is “‘adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed

further.’” Jennings v. Woodford, 290 F.3d 1006, 1010 (9th Cir.

2002) (quoting Barefoot v. Estelle, 463 U.S. 880, 893 (1983)).

Petitioner has made a substantial showing of the denial

of a constitutional right in the following issues presented in

the instant petition:

1. Whether trial counsel rendered ineffective

assistance of counsel in violation of the Sixth Amendment, by

failing to develop and present evidence indicating that the

victim had been armed at the time of the shooting;

2. Whether the sentencing court violated double

jeopardy and due process by using the same facts to support an

eleven-year upper-term for manslaughter and imposition of a

firearms enhancement.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that a certificate of

appealability is issued in the present action.

DATED: September 27, 2005

/s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr.

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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