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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

RAUL CASTELLANOS,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-00-0360 DFL JFM P

vs.

SUZAN L. HUBBARD, Warden, 

Respondent. ORDER

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Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has timely filed a notice of appeal of

this court’s August 24, 2005 denial of his application for a writ of habeas corpus and a request

for a certificate of appealability pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) and Fed. R. App. P. 22(b).

A certificate of appealability may issue under 28 U.S.C. § 2253 “only if the

applicant has made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.” 28 U.S.C.

§ 2253(c)(2). The certificate of appealability must “indicate which specific issue or issues

satisfy” the requirement. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(3).

A certificate of appealability should be granted for any issue that petitioner can

demonstrate is “‘debatable among jurists of reason,’” could be resolved differently by a different

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 Except for the requirement that appealable issues be specifically identified, the standard 1

for issuance of a certificate of appealability is the same as the standard that applied to issuance of

a certificate of probable cause. Jennings, at 1010.

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court, or is “‘adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed further.’” Jennings v. Woodford,

290 F.3d 1006, 1010 (9th Cir. 2002) (quoting Barefoot v. Estelle, 463 U.S. 880, 893 (1983)).

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Petitioner seeks a certificate of appealability on his claim that a sentence of

twenty-five years to life in prison constitutes cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the

Eighth Amendment. Petitioner has made the showing required for a certificate of appealability

with respect to this claim.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Petitioner’s August 24, 2005 request for a certificate of appealability is

granted;

2. A certificate of appealability is issued for petitioner’s claim that his prison

sentence violates the Eighth Amendment; and

3. The Clerk of the Court is directed to process petitioner’s appeal to the United

States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

DATED: 11/11/2005

DAVID F. LEVI

United States District Judge

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