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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

FREDERICK M. BOYD, JR.,

Petitioner, Case No. 2:05-cv-00988 ALA HC

vs.

MATTHEW KRAMER, Warden, ORDER

Respondent.

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This Court denied Petitioner Frederick M. Boyd’s application for a writ of habeas corpus

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a) on March 20, 2008 because it was untimely filed. On April 9,

2008, Petitioner filed a motion for a certificate of appealability.

“A certificate of appealability may issue . . . only if the applicant has made a substantial

showing of the denial of a constitutional right.” 28 U.S. C. § 2253(c)(2). In an order issued on

March 20, 2008, this Court determined that the filing of Petitioner’s application was barred

because it was not filed within the one-year time limit set forth in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(c). This

Court cannot issue a certificate of appealability “[w]here a plain procedural bar is present and the

district court is correct to invoke it to dispose of the case, [and] a reasonable jurist could not

conclude either the district court erred in dismissing the petition or that the petitioner should be

allowed to proceed further.” Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000). The filing of an

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application for habeas corpus relief after the one-year statute of limitations applies is a plain

procedural bar.

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Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Petitioner’s motion for a certificate of

appealability is DENIED.

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DATED: April 29, 2008 

/s/ Arthur L. Alarcón

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UNITED STATES CIRCUIT JUDGE

Sitting by Designation

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