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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 Northern District of California

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Order Denying Certificate of Appealability

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

COLVIN MCCRIGHT,

Petitioner,

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JOE MCGRATH, Warden,

Respondent.

 

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No. C 05-03266 JW (PR)

ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE

OF APPEALABILITY

On March 24, 2010, the Court denied this pro se petition for writ of habeas

corpus, which challenged the denial of parole, on the merits and entered judgment in

favor of respondent. Petitioner filed a notice of appeal and the matter was forwarded

to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 

On May 26, 2010, the Ninth Circuit remanded this case for the limited

purpose of granting or denying a certificate of appealability. See Hayward v.

Marshall, 603 F.3d 546, 554-55 (9th Cir. 2010) (en banc) (overruling those portions

of White v. Lambert, 370 F.3d 1002, 1004 (9th Cir. 2004), and Rosas v. Nielsen,

428 F.3d 1229, 1231-32 (9th Cir. 2005) (per curiam), that relieved a prisoner from

obtaining a certificate of appealability to review the denial of a habeas petition

challenging an administrative decision denying parole). 

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United States District Court

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“Where a district court has rejected the constitutional claims on the merits,

the showing required to satisfy § 2253(c) is straightforward: the petitioner must

demonstrate that reasonable jurists would find the district court’s assessment of the

constitutional claims debatable or wrong.” Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484

(2000). The Court denied the instant habeas petition after careful consideration of

the merits. The Court found no violation of petitioner’s federal constitutional rights

in the administrative decision denying parole. Petitioner has failed to demonstrate

that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether this Court was correct in its

ruling. Accordingly, a certificate of appealability is DENIED. 

The clerk shall forward this order to the Ninth Circuit from which petitioner

may also seek a certificate of appealability. See United States v. Asrar, 116 F.3d

1268, 1270 (9th Cir. 1997).

The Clerk shall close the file.

DATED: 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge 

June 4, 2010 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

COLVIN MCCRIGHT,

Petitioner,

 v.

JOE MCGRATH, Warden; et al.,

Respondents. /

Case Number: CV05-03266 JW 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on , I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the attached, by

placing said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s) hereinafter listed, by

depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into an inter-office

delivery receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Colvin McCright B-08892

Pelican Bay State Prison

5905 Lake Earl Drive

P.O. Box 7000

Crescent City, CA 95532

Dated: 

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Elizabeth Garcia, Deputy Clerk

6/4/2010 6/4/2010 /s/

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Colvin McCright B-08892

Pelican Bay State Prison

5905 Lake Earl Drive

P.O. Box 7000

Crescent City, CA 95532

CV05-03266 JW 

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