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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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Case No. C 06-4074 JF

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

(JFLC2)

**E-Filed 3/7/07**

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

RICARDA SORIA,

 Petitioner,

 v.

GLORIA HENRY,

 Respondent.

Case Number C 06-4074 JF

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION

FOR CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY

Petitioner has filed an application for certificate of appealability. The application is

GRANTED. This Court dismissed the petition as an unauthorized second or successive petition

pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b). However, the Court noted that Petitioner’s first federal habeas

petition was dismissed as time-barred, and that the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has not

directly addressed whether a dismissal based upon the statute of limitations constitutes an

adjudication on the merits for purposes of determining whether a subsequent petition is

successive. While this Court answered this question in the affirmative, reasonable jurists could

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differ. If this Court erred in concluding that the instant petition is an unauthorized second or

successive petition, then the dismissal of Petitioner’s claims for lack of jurisdiction was

erroneous. 

DATED: 3/7/07

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JEREMY FOGEL

United States District Judge

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Case No. C 06-4074 JF

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

(JFLC2)

Copies of this Order were served on the following persons:

Joseph Vincent Camarata joseph@camaratalaw.com, parolelaw@sbcglobal.net

Glenn R. Pruden glenn.pruden@doj.ca.gov, DocketingSFAWT@doj.ca.gov 

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