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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

VINCENT EUGENE GOREE,

Petitioner, 2:02-cv-1779-GEB-KJM-P

vs.

C.A. TERHUNE, 

Respondent. ORDER

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Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a Petition for a Writ of Habeas

Corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On September 20, 2005, Judgment was entered in this

court denying the petition. On November 15, 2006, petitioner filed a Notice of Appeal and a

motion for the appointment of counsel.

 Before petitioner can appeal this decision, a Certificate of Appealability must

issue. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c); Fed. R. App. P. 22(b). Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 22(b)

requires the district court judge who rendered a judgment denying such petition to “either issue a

certificate of probable cause or state the reasons why such a certificate should not issue.”

The timely filing of a notice of appeal is a jurisdictional requirement. Scott v.

Younger, 739 F.2d 1464, 1466 (9th Cir.1984). Here, the time limit for filing a notice of appeal

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following entry of judgment is thirty days. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a). Petitioner's Notice of

Appeal in this action was filed more than thirty (30) days after entry of Judgment.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has held that the

issuance of a certificate of probable cause cannot vest the court of appeals with jurisdiction if

jurisdiction is not proper in that court. Hayward v. Britt, 572 F.2d 1324, 1325 (9th Cir. 1978).

The rationale of Hayward applies with equal force to a certificate of appealability. For these

reasons, the court declines to issue a Certificate of Appealability. Moreover, petitioner’s request

for the appointment of counsel is not well taken and is therefore denied. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: November 27, 2006

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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