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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AHKEEM WILLIAMS,

Plaintiff,

v.

KIM PEDRIERO, et al.,

Defendants.

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Case No. 1:12-cv-00606-SKO (PC)

ORDER DENYING MOTION AND 

DIRECTING CLERK’S OFFICE TO WORK 

UP MOTION FOR CERTIFICATE OF 

APPEALABILITY AS A NOTICE OF 

APPEAL

(Doc. 122)

This civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by Plaintiff Akheem Williams, a 

former state prisoner proceeding pro se, was dismissed on October 17, 2014, with prejudice. On 

July 14, 2015, Plaintiff filed a document entitled “Motion: Certificate of Appealability.” 

A certificate of appealability must be obtained to appeal a decision in a habeas proceeding; 

it has no application in this civil rights case. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A); Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 

U.S. 322, 335-36, 123 S.Ct. 1029 (2003). However, given the case history, Plaintiff’s pro se 

status, and his current commitment to Atascadero State Hospital, the interests of justice are best 

served by construing the filing as a notice of appeal. Accordingly, Plaintiff’s motion for a 

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certificate of appealability is DENIED as unnecessary, and the Clerk’s Office shall work up the 

motion as a notice of appeal.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 27, 2015 /s/ Sheila K. Oberto 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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