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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 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

DONALD RAYE RANDOLPH, 

Petitioner,

 vs.

D. ADAMS, Warden,

Respondent. 

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No. C 02-4196 JSW (PR)

ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE

OF APPEALABILITY AND

GRANTING MOTION TO

PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS

ON APPEAL

(Docket nos. 53, 54, 57)

Petitioner Randolph filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus challenging the

constitutionality of his state conviction under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Following briefing by the

parties, this Court denied Petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus on the merits in

an order dated July 18, 2006 (docket no. 51). Petitioner has filed a motion for leave to appeal

in forma pauperis pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 24(a) (docket no. 53), a motion for a

certificate of appealability pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) and Fed. R. App. P. 22(b) (docket

no. 54), and a notice of appeal (docket no. 55). 

Petitioner has not shown “that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the

petition states a valid claim of the denial of a constitutional right[.]” Slack v. McDaniel, 529

U.S. 473, 484-85 (2000). Accordingly, the request for a certificate of appealability is

DENIED (docket no. 54). 

With regard to Petitioner’s application for leave to proceed in forma pauperis on

appeal, 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3) provides that an appeal may not be taken in forma pauperis

if the district court certifies that it is taken in bad faith. Although Petitioner did not show

that reasonable jurists would disagree on the merits of his petition so as to warrant

issuance of a certificate of appealability, the Court does not find that the appeal is taken in

bad faith. Accordingly, the motion to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal is GRANTED

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(docket no. 53). 

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

States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Petitioner may also seek a certificate of

appealability from that court. See United States v. Asrar, 116 F.3d 1268, 1270 (9th Cir.

1997). This order TERMINATES all pending motions (docket nos. 53, 54, 57).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 

 JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

2/5/2007

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