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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

HECTOR CASTRO, )

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Petitioner, )

v. )

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DARRELL G. ADAMS, Warden, )

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Respondent. )

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1:07-CV-0871 AWI GSA HC

ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE

OF APPEALABILITY

Petitioner Hector Castro filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C.

§ 2254 concerning the California Board of Parole Hearings (hereinafter “Board”)’s denial of

parole. On August 15, 2008, the court denied the petition, and found a certificate of

appealability was not required to appeal the action. The United States Court of Appeals for the

Ninth Circuit stayed the appeal. On May 24, 2010, the Ninth Circuit remanded the action to this

court for the limited purpose of granting or denying a certificate of appealability.

A state prisoner seeking a writ of habeas corpus has no absolute entitlement to appeal a

district court’s denial of his petition, and an appeal is only allowed in certain circumstances. 

Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 335-36 (2003). The controlling statute is 28 U.S.C. § 2253,

which provides as follows:

 (a) In a habeas corpus proceeding or a proceeding under section 2255 before a district

judge, the final order shall be subject to review, on appeal, by the court of appeals for the

circuit in which the proceeding is held.

 (b) There shall be no right of appeal from a final order in a proceeding to test the validity

of a warrant to remove to another district or place for commitment or trial a person

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charged with a criminal offense against the United States, or to test the validity of such

person's detention pending removal proceedings.

 (c)(1) Unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability, an appeal may

not be taken to the court of appeals from–

 (A) the final order in a habeas corpus proceeding in which the detention complained of

arises out of process issued by a State court; or

 (B) the final order in a proceeding under section 2255.

 (2) A certificate of appealability may issue under paragraph (1) only if the applicant has

made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.

 (3) The certificate of appealability under paragraph (1) shall indicate which specific issue

or issues satisfy the showing required by paragraph (2).

If the court denies a Petitioner’s petition, the court may only issue a certificate of appealability “if

jurists of reason could disagree with the district court's resolution of his constitutional claims or

that jurists could conclude the issues presented are adequate to deserve encouragement to

proceed further.” Miller-El, 537 U.S. at 327; Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000). 

In this action, the court finds that reasonable jurists would not disagree with this court’s

finding that there was sufficient evidence to deny parole. Based on the evidence indicating

future Petitioner’s future danger, reasonable jurists would not disagree that the California court’s

approval of the decision to reject parole was an unreasonable application of the California “some

evidence” requirement, or was “based on an unreasonable determination of the facts in light of

the evidence.” See Hayward v. Marshall, 2010 WL 1664977, *11 (9 Cir. 2010). th

Accordingly, the court hereby ORDERS that Petitioner’s application for a certificate of

appealability is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: May 26, 2010 /s/ Anthony W. Ishii 

0m8i78 CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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