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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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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RANDY RONALDO REYES,

Petitioner,

 v.

W.A. DUNCAN, Warden,

Respondent. /

No. C 05-04078 SI

ORDER GRANTING CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY

Randy Ronaldo Reyes, a prisoner of the State of California at Salinas Valley State Prison in

Soledad, California, brought a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. By order

filed August 31, 2006, this Court denied the petition. Petitioner has now filed a notice of appeal, which

this Court deems to constitute a request for a certificate of appealability. See United States v. Asrar, 116

F.3d 1268, 1270 (9th Cir. 1997).

 A judge shall grant a certificate of appealability “only if the applicant has made a substantial

showing of the denial of a constitutional right.” 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). Section 2253(c)(2) codified

the standard announced by the United States Supreme Court in Barefoot v. Estelle, 463 U.S. 880, 892-93

(1983), to the effect that “a substantial showing of the denial of [a] federal right” means that a petitioner

“must demonstrate that the issues are debatable among jurists of reason; that a court could resolve the

issues [in a different manner]; or that the questions are adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed

further.” Id. at 893 n.4 (internal quotations omitted). The certificate must indicate which issues satisfy

this standard, see 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(3), and the court of appeals is limited to considering only those

claims. See Hiivala v. Wood, 195 F.3d 1098, 1103 (9th Cir. 1999). 

Petitioner has "made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right," 28 U.S.C. §

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2253(c)(2), and has demonstrated that reasonable jurists would find debatable, the district court’s

assessment with respect to petitioner’s second claim. Accordingly, the Court GRANTS a certificate of

appealability with respect to the following issue: whether co-defendant Ruiz’s confession was

improperly excluded from petitioner’s trial. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 25, 2006 

SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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