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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

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JONQUEL BROOKS,

Petitioner,

v.

J. SOTO,

Respondent.

Case No. 1:13-cv-01683-LJO-SAB (HC)

ORDER DENYING PETITIONER’S MOTION 

FOR CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY AS 

MOOT 

(ECF No. 22)

On February 5, 2015, the Court adopted the Findings and Recommendation and denied the 

instant petition for writ of habeas corpus filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (ECF No. 19). On 

that same date, judgment was entered in accordance with the order denying the petition. (ECF 

No. 20). On December 31, 2014, Petitioner filed a motion for a certificate of appealability. (ECF 

No. 18). In the February 5, 2015, order denying the petition, the Court also denied Petitioner’s 

motion for a certificate of appealability. (ECF No. 19). 

On March 9, 2015, Petitioner filed a motion for certificate of appealability, along with a 

notice of appeal and a motion to proceed without prepayment of filing fees. (ECF Nos. 21, 22, & 

23). In the February 5, 2015, order denying the petition, the Court found that “reasonable jurists 

would not find the Court’s determination that Petitioner is not entitled to federal habeas corpus 

relief debatable, wrong, or deserving of encouragement to proceed further” and that Petitioner had 

“not made the required substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right” to justify the 

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issuance of a certificate of appealability. (ECF No. 19 at 3). 

In light of the fact the Court denied Petitioner’s motion for a certificate of appealability in 

the final order dated February 5, 2015, Petitioner’s subsequent motion for a certificate of 

appealability is DENIED as MOOT. 

SO ORDERED

Dated: March 12, 2015

 /s/ Lawrence J. O’Neill

 United States District Judge

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