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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

ERIC HALL,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-05-0513 LKK KJM P

vs.

CHERYL PLILER, et al.,

Respondents. ORDER

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

this court's September 27, 2006 dismissal of his application for a writ of habeas corpus. Before

petitioner can appeal this decision, a certificate of appealability must issue. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c);

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). When the district court denies a habeas petition on procedural grounds without

reaching the prisoner's underlying constitutional claim, a certificate of appealability should issue

when the prisoner shows that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the petition states

a valid claim of the denial of a constitutional right and that jurists of reason would find it

debatable whether the district court was correct in its procedural ruling. Slack v. McDaniel, 529

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U.S. 473, 484-85 (2000). The certificate of appealability must “indicate which specific issue or

issues satisfy” the above requirements. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(3).

For the reasons set forth in the magistrate judge’s August 14, 2006 findings and

recommendations, and this court’s September 27, 2006 order, jurists of reason would not find it

debatable whether petitioner’s application was properly dismissed. Accordingly, a certificate of

appealability should not issue in this action.

Petitioner has also filed a request to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal. 

Examination of the in forma pauperis affidavit reveals that petitioner is unable to afford the costs

of suit. Therefore, petitioner’s request to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal will be granted. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. Petitioner’s request for leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal is granted. 

See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a); and 

2. Petitioner’s request for a certificate of appealability is denied.

DATED: November 17, 2006.

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