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Parties Involved:
Robert Neuschmid
Respondent
Anthony Rosier Wilson
Petitioner

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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ANTHONY ROSIER WILSON, 

Petitioner, 

 v. 

ROBERT NEUSCHMID, 

Respondent. 

Case No.: 4:18-cv-06744 YGR

ORDER DENYING REQUEST FOR 

CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

Re: Dkt. No. 19 

On June 20, 2018, petitioner Anthony Rosier Wilson petitioned this Court for a writ of habeas 

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. (Dkt. No. 2.) On April 3, 2020, the Court granted respondent 

Robert Neuschmid’s motion to dismiss the habeas petition. (Dkt. No. 16.) On May 1, 2020, Wilson 

filed a notice of appeal with the Ninth Circuit. (Dkt. No. 17.) On May 12, 2020, the Ninth Circuit 

remanded Wilson's case to this Court for the limited purpose of granting or denying a certificate of 

appealability. (Dkt. No. 19; see also 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c); Fed. R. App. P. 22(b); United States v. 

Asrar, 116 F.3d 1268, 1270 (9th Cir. 1997).) 

The Court DENIES Wilson’s request for a certificate of appealability because Wilson has not 

made “a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.” 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). The 

Court granted Neuschmid’s motion to dismiss Wilson’s habeas petition after careful consideration of 

the motion, which required consideration of the 2016 declaration from Juwan Veal. The Court 

concluded that the habeas petition was untimely, procedurally defaulted, and failed to state a claim. 

The Court further found that the petition does not allege a constitutional error at his trial in the 

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absence of the newly discovered evidence; instead, Wilson’s claim was solely alleged on actual 

innocence, which he failed to so demonstrate. (Dkt. No. 16 at 10-11.) Nor has Wilson demonstrated 

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). Wilson may seek a certificate of 

appealability from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. 

The Clerk shall forward to the Ninth Circuit this case’s record, along with this Order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Date: May 15, 2020 _______________________________________ 

 YVONNE GONZALEZ ROGERS

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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