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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

ANDREW PASQUALE CHAFFER,

Petitioner, No. CIV S-06-0950 LKK EFB P

vs.

K. PROSPER, Warden,

Respondent. ORDER

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

this court's August 16, 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). Where, as here, the petition was dismissed on procedural grounds, a certificate of

appealability “should issue if the prisoner can show: (1) ‘that jurists of reason would find it

debatable whether the district court was correct in its procedural ruling’; and (2) ‘that jurists of

reason would find it debatable whether the petition states a valid claim of the denial of a

constitutional right.’” Morris v. Woodford, 229 F.3d 775, 780 (9th Cir. 2000), quoting Slack v.

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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, 290 F.3d at 1010.

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McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000). An issue is “debatable among jurists of reason,” if it could

be resolved differently by a different court, or is “adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed

further.” See Jennings v. Woodford, 290 F.3d 1006, 1010 (9th Cir. 2002) (quoting Barefoot v.

Estelle, 463 U.S. 880, 893 (1983)).1 The certificate of appealability must “indicate which

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

Having examined the record, the court finds that jurists of reason would find it

debatable whether petitioner’s application properly was dismissed as untimely and whether the

petition states a valid claim for the denial of a constitutional right. 

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

issued in the present action.

DATED: September 25, 2007.

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