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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

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JEFFERSON SISON,

Petitioner,

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LARRY SMALL, Warden.

Respondent.

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Civil No. 09-cv-1185-BEN (WVG)

ORDER DENYING ISSUANCE OF A

CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

Pro se Petitioner Jefferson Sison filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. 

§ 2254. The Magistrate Judge recommended denying the petition. The Report and Recommendation

was adopted on November 18, 2010. On November 30, 2010, Petitioner filed a notice of appeal. He has

not requested a certificate of appealability for any of the claims presented in his Petition. “[I]f the

prisoner neglects to request a certificate of appealability before going forward, the court of appeals can

grant him one sua sponte.” Hayward v. Marshall, 603 F.3d 546, 554 (9th Cir. 2010) (en banc, abrogated

on other grounds by Swarthout v. Cooke, 502 U.S. ___, 2011 WL 197627 (Jan. 24, 2011) (per curiam). 

Here, however, the case has been remanded for the limited purpose of granting or denying the

certificate. See Order of March 2, 2011, Appeal No. 10-57045.

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Legal Standard

A certificate of appealability is authorized, “if the applicant has made a substantial showing of

the denial of a constitutional right.” 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). To meet this standard, Petitioner must

show that the issues are debatable among reasonable jurists or that the questions are adequate to deserve

encouragement to proceed further. Hayward, 603 F.3d at 553. The showing necessitates something

above “the absence of frivolity.” Id. 

 Discussion

This Court has considered the issues raised by Petitioner with respect to whether they satisfy the

standard for issuance of a certificate of appealability, and determines that none meet that standard.

Conclusion

Based upon the foregoing, the Court hereby denies the issuance of a certificate of appealability.

DATED: March 3, 2011

Hon. Roger T. Benitez

United States District Judge

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