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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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Order Denying Certificate of Appealability

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VICTOR LOPEZ,

Petitioner,

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ROBERT AYERS, JR., Warden, 

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No. C 08-05341 JW (PR)

ORDER DENYING

CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY

On April 14, 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. Petitioner filed a notice of appeal and the matter was forwarded to the United

States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. 

On May 26, 2010, the Ninth Circuit remanded this case for the limited purpose of

granting or denying a certificate of appealability. See Hayward v. Marshall, 603 F.3d

546, 554-55 (9th Cir. 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). 

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“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, a certificate of

appealability is DENIED. 

The clerk shall forward this order to 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).

The Clerk shall close the file.

DATED: 

JAMES WARE

United States District Judge 

June 4, 2010

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

VICTOR LOPEZ,

Petitioner,

 v.

ROBERT AYERS, Jr., Warden,

Respondent. /

Case Number: CV08-05341 JW 

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.

Victor Lopez H-70404

San Quentin State Prison

San Quentin, Ca 94974

Dated: 

Richard W. Wieking, Clerk

By: Elizabeth Garcia, Deputy Clerk

6/10/2010 6/10/2010 /s/

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Victor Lopez H-70404

San Quentin State Prison

San Quentin, Ca 94974

CV08-05341 JW 

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