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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

CRAIG L. HINTON, No. CIV S-01-1174 MCE JFM P

Petitioner, 

vs.

CHERYL PLILER, Warden, et al., ORDER 

Respondents.

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

this court’s February 21, 2007 denial 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). The certificate of appealability must “indicate which specific issue or issues satisfy”

the requirement. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(3).

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 Except for the requirement that appealable issues be specifically identified, the standard 1

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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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

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

the following issue(s) presented in the instant petition: whether his constitutional rights were

violated: (1) by the suppression of exculpatory evidence; and (2) when the trial court directed

further deliberations after jurors had declared themselves to be deadlocked. 

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

issued in the present action.

Dated: June 22, 2007

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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