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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 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

PINE BLUFF DIVISION 

SHERWOOD V. GOOCH 

ADC #68817 PETITIONER 

v. No. 5:15-cv-56-DPM 

WENDY KELLEY, Director, ADC RESPONDENT 

ORDER 

Gooch's motion for a certificate of appealability, NQ 11, is denied. This 

Court cannot exercise jurisdiction over Gooch' s successive petition without 

first getting authority to do so from the United States Court of Appeals for the 

Eighth Circuit. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A); Burton v. Stewart, 549 U.S. 147, 

152-53, 157 (2007). The Court therefore declines to review the merits of 

Gooch' s petition to decide whether he has made a substantial showing about 

the violation of a constitutional right. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). 

So Ordered. 

D.P. Marshall Jr. I/ 

United States District Judge 

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