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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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 Except for the requirement that appealable issues be specifically identified, the

standard for issuance of a certificate of appealability is the same as the standard that applied to

issuance of a certificate of probable cause. Jennings, at 1010.

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SOFALO MALTESE BROWN,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-09-0216 FCD GGH P

vs.

WARDEN, et al.,

Respondent. ORDER

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The Ninth Circuit has remanded this petition to the district court for the limited

purpose of granting or denying a certificate of appealability. 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). The certificate of appealability must “indicate

which specific issue or issues satisfy” the requirement. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(3).

A certificate of appealability should be granted for any issue that petitioner can

demonstrate is “‘debatable among jurists of reason,’” could be resolved differently by a different

court, or is “‘adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed further.’” Jennings v. Woodford,

290 F.3d 1006, 1010 (9th Cir. 2002) (quoting Barefoot v. Estelle, 463 U.S. 880, 893 (1983)).1

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Petitioner has made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right in

the following issue presented in the instant petition: claim 2, whether the prosecutor unlawfully

intimidated a witness.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that a certificate of appealability is

issued in the present action.

DATED: March 4, 2010. 

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