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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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NOT FOR CITATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROOSEVELT JOHNSON,

Petitioner,

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B. CURRY, Warden, 

Respondent. 

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No. C 07-02610 JF (PR)

ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR

CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

(Docket No. 25) 

On January 27, 2010, the Court denied this pro se petition for writ of habeas

corpus, which challenged the denial of parole, on the merits and entered judgment in

favor of Respondent. On March 26, 2010, Petitioner filed a request to file a late Notice of

Appeal,(Docket No. 24), and on the same date, filed a notice of appeal and a motion for a

certificate of appealability. (Docket No. 25.) Good cause appearing, Petitioner’s request

to file a late notice of appeal is GRANTED, such that his notice of appeal is considered

timely filed. 

A petitioner may not appeal a final order in a federal habeas corpus proceeding,

including those challenging an administrative decision such as the denial of parole,

without first obtaining a certificate of appealability (formerly known as a certificate of

probable cause to appeal). See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c); Fed. R. App. P. 22(b); see Hayward

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v. Marshall, No. 06- 55392, 2010 WL 1664977, at *5 (9th Cir. Apr. 22, 2010) (en banc)

(overruling those portions of White v. Lambert, 370 F.3d 1002, 1004 (9th Cir. 2004), and

Rosas v. Nielsen, 428 F.3d 1229, 1231-32 (9th Cir. 2005) (per curiam), that relieved a

prisoner from obtaining a certificate of appealability to review the denial of a habeas

petition challenging an administrative decision denying parole). 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). The certificate must indicate

which issues satisfy this standard. See id. § 2253(c)(3). 

“Where a district court has rejected the constitutional claims on the merits, the

showing required to satisfy § 2253(c) is straightforward: the petitioner must demonstrate

that reasonable jurists would find the district court’s assessment of the constitutional

claims debatable or wrong.” Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000). The Court

denied the instant habeas petition after careful consideration of the merits. The Court

found no violation of Petitioner’s federal constitutional rights in the administrative

decision denying parole. Petitioner has failed to demonstrate that jurists of reason would

find it debatable whether this Court was correct in its ruling. Accordingly, Petitioner’s

request for a certificate of appealability is DENIED. (Docket No. 25.)

The Clerk shall forward this order, along with the case file, to the United States

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, from which Petitioner may also seek a certificate

of appealability. See United States v. Asrar, 116 F.3d 1268, 1270 (9th Cir. 1997).

This order terminates Docket No. 25.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: JEREMY FOGEL

 United States District Judge

5/7/10

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ROOSEVELT JOHNSON,

Petitioner,

 v.

B. CURRY, Warden,

Respondent. /

Case Number: CV07-02610 JF 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I am an employee in the Office of the Clerk, U.S. District

Court, Northern District of California.

That on , I SERVED a true and correct copy(ies) of the

attached, by placing said copy(ies) in a postage paid envelope addressed to the person(s)

hereinafter listed, by depositing said envelope in the U.S. Mail, or by placing said copy(ies) into

an inter-office delivery receptacle located in the Clerk's office.

Roosevelt Johnson D-63610

Chuckwalla Valley State Prison

P.O. Box 2349

D-10-258-J

Blythe, CA 92226

Dated: 

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

5/27/10

5/27/10

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