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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

RICHARD DEWAYNE HUNT,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-05-0126 DFL GGH P

v.

CLAUDE FINN, ORDER

Respondent.

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Petitioner, a state prisoner, has timely filed a notice

of appeal of this court's March 17, 2006 dismissal of his

application for a writ of habeas corpus. Before petitioner can

appeal this decision, a certificate of appealability must issue. 

28 U.S.C. § 2253(c); Fed. R. App. P. 22(b).

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.

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

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

This case presents no such “substantial question.” The

issues raised have been resolved by the Supreme Court in Pace v.

Guglilmo, 125 S.Ct. 1807 (2005). Accordingly, the court will not

issue a certificate of appealability in the present action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 8/3/2006

DAVID F. LEVI

United States District Judge

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