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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

WAYNE MORRIS,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-01-1567 DAD P

vs.

R. A. CASTRO, et al., 

Respondents. ORDER

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Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has timely filed a notice of appeal of

this court's September 26, 2006, 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 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 issues presented in the instant petition: (1) whether the trial court error in allowing

the prosecution to call Deputy Anderson as a rebuttal witness; (2) whether petitioner was denied

effective assistance of counsel when trial counsel failed to interview Deputy Anderson before

trial; (3) whether the state coerced petitioner into abandoning his right of self-representation by

providing him with inadequate legal materials; (4) whether the prosecutor engaged in misconduct

by failing to timely disclose court ordered discovery; (5) whether the prosecutor engaged in

misconduct by employing unfair surprise in calling Deputy Anderson as a rebuttal witness and

using false testimony to secure a conviction; (6) whether the trial court denied petitioner the

opportunity to offer testimony favorable to his defense; (7) whether the prosecutor engaged in

misconduct by informing a witness of petitioner’s criminal history and aiding in the changing of

other witnesses’ testimony; (8) whether the trial court committed error in not allowing questions

regarding “masked suspects” during trial, in violation of petitioner’s rights to confront and crossexamine witnesses; (9) whether the prosecutor engaged in misconduct when the prosecutor and

police suppressed exculpatory evidence regarding a 911 tape and police dispatch

communications; (10) whether petitioner was denied effective assistance of counsel when his

trial counsel failed to investigate and utilize experts; and (11) whether the trial court committed

error in failing to suppress the in-court identification of petitioner by witnesses, which was

suggestive and tainted. 

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Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that a certificate of appealability is

issued in the present action.

DATED: October 24, 2006.

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