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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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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROBERT M. RUBINO,

Petitioner,

v.

DANIEL PARAMO, KAMALA D.

HARRIS,

Respondents.

 

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Case No. 3:14-cv-0491-GPC-BLM

ORDER DENYING

PETITIONER’S REQUEST FOR

CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY

Pending before the Court is Robert M. Rubino’s (“Petitioner”) Motion for

Issuance of Certificate of Appealability (“Motion”). (Dkt. Nos. 4, 5.) For the reasons

stated below, the Court DENIES Petitioner’s Motion. Petitioner may seek review of

the certificate of appealability decision before the United States Court of Appeals for

the Ninth Circuit. See Fed. R. App. P. 22(b)(1).

BACKGROUND

On March 12, 2014, the Court issued an Order Dismissing Habeas Petition

Without Prejudice as Second or Successive. (Dkt. No. 3.) On March 31, 2014,

Petitioner filed a Notice of Appeal (Request for Certificate of Appealability) pursuant

to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(1), and Ninth Circuit

Court Rule 22-1(a). (Dkt. No. 4.) Because Petitioner requests that a certificate of

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appealability be issued, the Court will construe Petitioner’s Notice of Appeal as a

Motion for Issuance of Certificate of Appealability. (Dkt. No. 5.)

DISCUSSION

Petitioner requests the Court issue a certificate of appealability to address the

following issues: (1) whether the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act

(“AEDPA”) deprived Petitioner of federal habeas corpus review; and (2) whether

California’s post-conviction relief procedures deny prisoners due process and equal

protection of the law. (Dkt. No. 4 at 2; Dkt. No. 1 at 10.)

A court may issue a certificate of appealability only if the petitioner has made

a “substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.” 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). 

To make the required showing, the petitioner must show 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). Here, Petitioner has not made a

substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right. Accordingly, the Court

DENIES Petitioner’s request for a certificate of appealability.

CONCLUSION

For reasons set forth above, the Court DENIES Petitioner’s request for a

certificate of appealabiilty.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: April 25, 2014

HON. GONZALO P. CURIEL

United States District Judge

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