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Parties Involved:
Roseanne Campbell
Respondent
Jamil Howard
Petitioner

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JAMIL HOWARD, 

Petitioner, No. CIV S-04-2414 FCD KJM P

vs.

ROSEANNE CAMPBELL,

Respondent. ORDER

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Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding with counsel, has timely filed a notice of

appeal of this court's September 27, 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).

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

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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, at 1010.

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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: he was deprived of the effective

assistance of counsel and he was denied due process by the prosecutor’s comments about the

mental states for reckless driving and second degree murder. 

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

issued in the present action.

DATED: October 12, 2007.

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