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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

TIO DINERO SESSOMS,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-05-1221 JAM GGH P

vs.

D. L. RUNNELS, Warden, et al.,

Respondents. ORDER

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Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding with counsel on a petition for a writ of

habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On October 24, 2008, judgment was entered in this

court denying the petition. On December 9, 2008, petitioner filed a notice of appeal. Before

petitioner can appeal this decision, a certificate of appealability must issue. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c);

Fed. R .App. P. 22(b).

Upon the filing of a notice of appeal by petitioner, under Fed. R. App. P. 22(b)(1),

“the district judge who rendered the judgment must either issue a certificate of appealability or

state why a certificate should not issue.”

The timely filing of a notice of appeal is a jurisdictional requirement. Scott v.

Younger, 739 F.2d 1464, 1466 (9th Cir. 1984). Here, the time limit for filing a notice of appeal

following entry of judgment is thirty days. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a). Petitioner’s notice of

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appeal in this action was filed more than thirty days after entry of judgment. 

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has held that the

issuance of a certificate of probable cause cannot vest the court of appeals with jurisdiction if

jurisdiction is not proper in that court. Hayward v. Britt, 572 F.2d 1324, 1325 (9th Cir. 1978). 

The rationale of Hayward applies with equal force to a certificate of appealability. For these

reasons, the court declines to issue a certificate of appealability.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 12/19/2008

/s/ John A. Mendez 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

/sess1221.832

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