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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MACK CUDGO, JR.,

Petitioner,

v.

M. LEA,

Respondent.

No. 2:14-cv-0691 CKD P

ORDER

Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has appealed the February 12, 2015 

dismissal of his petition for untimeliness. As the order of dismissal did not address whether a 

certificate of appealability should issue, the court does so here.1

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). 

Where the petition was dismissed on procedural grounds, a certificate of appealability “should 

issue if the prisoner can show: (1) ‘that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the 

district court was correct in its procedural ruling’; and (2) ‘that jurists of reason would find it 

debatable whether the petition states a valid claim of the denial of a constitutional right.’” Morris 

v. Woodford, 229 F.3d 775, 780 (9th Cir. 2000) (quoting Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 

 

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Petitioner has consented to this court’s jurisdiction to conduct all proceedings in this action. 

(ECF No. 13.)

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(2000)).

After review of the record herein, this court finds that petitioner has not satisfied the 

requirement for issuance of a certificate of appealability in this case. Accordingly, a certificate of 

appealability will not issue in this action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 12, 2015

2 / cudg0691.coa.pro

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CAROLYN K. DELANEY

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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