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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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 On July 1, 2009, this case was transferred from the calendar of Judge Papas, to the calendar of

United States Magistrate Judge William McCurine, Jr. for all further proceedings [Doc. No. 27].

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LOREN JAMES CROUSE,

Petitioner,

CASE NO. 08cv166-MMA(WMc)

vs. ORDER RE: PETITIONER’S MOTION

FOR CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY

[Doc. No. 31]

MATTHEW CATE, Secretary of the

California Department of Corrections and

Rehabilitation,

Respondent.

Petitioner Loren James Crouse, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, filed a petition for writ of

habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254 that has been fully briefed. The matter was referred to

United States Magistrate Judge Leo S. Papas for preparation of a Report and Recommendation 

under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(B) and Civil Local Rule 72.3. Judge Papas issued a well reasoned and

thorough Report recommending the petition be denied in its entirety.1

 After Petitioner filed

objections to the Report and Recommendation, the Court adopted the Report and Recommendation

and denied the petition. Petitioner has timely filed a notice of appeal of the Court’s denial of his

petition for a writ of habeas corpus [Doc. No. 31]. Before Petitioner can appeal this decision, a

certificate of appealability must issue. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c); Fed. R. App. P. 22(b).

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A petitioner may not seek an appeal of a claim arising out of state court detention unless

the petitioner first obtains a certificate of appealability from a district judge or a circuit judge

under 28 U.S.C. § 2253. Fed. R. App. P. 22(b). Under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1), a certificate of

appealability will issue only if the petitioner makes a substantial showing of the denial of a

constitutional right. For the reasons set forth in Judge Papas’s Report and Recommendation,

Petitioner has not made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right. Accordingly, a

certificate of appealability should not issue in this action. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: December 3, 2009

Hon. Michael M. Anello

United States District Judge

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