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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

CURTIS HALL,

Petitioner,

vs.

DAVID L. RUNNELS, Warden,

Respondent.

No. 2:03-cv-02335-JKS-DAD

JUDGMENT

The Court having entered its Order of even date herewith adopting the Findings and

Recommendations of the Magistrate Judge disposing of all issues presented by the petition,

IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED THAT the Petition Under 28 U.S.C.

§ 2254 for Writ of Habeas Corpus is DENIED.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT the Court declines to issue a Certificate of

Appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000) (a COA

should be granted where the applicant has made “a substantial showing of the denial of a

constitutional right,” i.e., when “reasonable jurists could debate whether (or, for that matter,

agree that) the petition should have been resolved in a different manner or that the issues

presented were adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed further” (internal quotation marks

and citations omitted)). All federal constitutional issues, to the extent they were not procedurally

defaulted, were addressed by the California Court of Appeals and deemed addressed by the

California Supreme Court on direct appeal, and no reasonable jurist could find that those

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JUDGMENT

Hall v. Runnels, 2:03-cv-02335-JKS-DAD 2

decisions were “objectively unreasonable.” Any further request for a Certificate of Appealability

must be addressed to the Court of Appeals. See Fed. R. App. P. 22(b); Ninth Circuit R. 22-1.

Dated: March 5, 2008

s/ James K. Singleton, Jr.

JAMES K. SINGLETON, JR.

United States District Judge

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