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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 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DOUGLAS ROBERT COLLIER,

Petitioner,

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ROBERT L. AYERS, JR., Warden,

Respondent. 

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No. C 08-4704 CRB (PR)

ORDER DENYING

CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY

(Docket # 9)

On February 25, 2010, the court denied petitioner's application for a writ

of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 challenging the California Board of

Parole Hearings' (BPH) August 6, 2007 decision to deny him parole.

On March 19, 2010, petitioner submitted a letter to the Ninth Circuit

which the court of appeals forwarded to this court. On April 7, 2010, this court

construed the letter as a request for an extension of time to appeal and granted

petitioner 14 days from April 7, 2010 to file a notice of appeal.

Petitioner has filed a notice of appeal and request for a certificate of

appealability (COA) under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) and Federal Rule of Appellate

Procedure 22(b). See Hayward v. Marshall, No. 06-55392, slip op. at 16 (9th Cir.

Apr. 22, 2010) (en banc) (COA required regardless of whether state decision to

deny release from confinement is administrative or judicial).

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 Petitioner’s request for a COA (docket # 9) is DENIED because petitioner

has not made "a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right." 28

U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). Petitioner has not demonstrated that "reasonable jurists

would find the district court’s assessment of the constitutional claims debatable

or wrong.” Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000). 

The clerk shall forward to the court of appeals the case file with this order. 

See United States v. Asrar, 116 F.3d 1268, 1270 (9th Cir. 1997). 

SO ORDERED.

DATED: April 27, 2010 

CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge

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