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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

STEVEN PAUL SMITH, No. CIV S-02-1583-DFL-CMK

Petitioner, 

vs. ORDER

A.A. LaMARQUE,

Respondent.

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Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding with appointed

counsel, brings this petition for a writ of habeas corpus

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Pending before the court is

petitioner’s request for a certificate of appealability filed on

October 24, 2005. 

Under 28 U.S.C. § 2253 a certificate of appealability is

warranted only if the case presents a “substantial question,”

i.e., one that is “‘debatable among jurists of reason,’” could be

resolved differently by a different court, or is “‘adequate to

deserve encouragement to proceed further.’” Jennings v. Woodford,

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290 F.3d 1006, 1010 (9th Cir. 2002) (quoting Barefoot v. Estelle,

463 U.S. 880, 893 (1983)). 

For the reasons given in the September 8, 2005, Findings and

Recommendations, this case presents no such “substantial

question” and the October 24, 2005 motion for certificate of

appealability is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 8/3/2006

DAVID F. LEVI

United States District Judge

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