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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

ROLON LAMARR MORRIS, II,

Petitioner, No. 2:06-cv-0354 GEB JFM (HC)

vs.

THOMAS CAREY, et al.,

Respondents. ORDER

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Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding through counsel, has timely filed a notice of

appeal of this court’s March 5, 2010 denial of his application for a writ of habeas corpus together

with a motion for a certificate of appealability pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) and 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 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

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 Except for the requirement that appealable issues be specifically identified, the standard 1

for issuance of a certificate of appealability is the same as the standard that applied to issuance of

a certificate of probable cause. Jennings, at 1010.

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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)).

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Petitioner has made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right in

the following issue(s) presented in the instant petition: (1) whether the prosecutor exercised a

peremptory challenge to strike an African American juror on the basis of race, in violation of

Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986); and (2) whether petitioner’s right to due process was

violated by admission at trial of unreliable identification evidence. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Petitioner’s March 16, 2010 motion for a certificate of appealability is granted;

and

2. The Clerk of the Court is directed to process petitioner’s appeal to the United

States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 

Dated: April 11, 2010

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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