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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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 The document is file stamped November 7, 2005, but dated 1

November 4, 2005. The court uses the latter date as the filing

date for purposes of timeliness requirements. See Houston v.

Lack, 487 U.S. 266 (1988). 

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ALBERT C. LIZARRAGA, No. CIV-S-01-1062 MCE/JFM P

Petitioner, 

v. ORDER

CHERYL K. PLILER, ET AL., 

Respondents.

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Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a

petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 2254. On September 30, 2005, judgment was entered in this

court denying the petition. On November 4, 2005, petitioner

filed a document styled “petition for issuance of a certificate

of appealability.” See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c); Fed. R. App. P.

22(b). 

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 Petitioner has not filed a separate notice of appeal. 2

The petition for issuance of a certificate of appealability can,

however, be construed as a notice of appeal. See Fed. R. App. P.

3(c)(4); see also Tinsley v. Borg, 895 F.2d 520, 523 (9 Cir. th

1990) (construing a request for a certificate of probable cause

as a notice of appeal). 

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Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 22(b) requires the district

court judge who rendered a judgment denying such petition to

“either issue a certificate of probable cause or state the

reasons why such 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 2

following entry of judgment is thirty days. See Fed. R. App. P.

4(a). Petitioner’s petition for issuance of a certificate of

appealability 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: December 1, 2005

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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