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Parties Involved:
Alberto Gonzales
Respondent
Joseph Mitchell
Petitioner

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOSEPH MITCHELL,

Petitioner,

v.

U. S. ATTORNEY GENERAL

ALBERTO GONZALES,

Respondent. /

No. C 07-4619 SI (pr)

ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE

OF APPEALABILITY

Petitioner's application for a certificate of appealability is DENIED as unnecessary.

(Docket # 5.) A certificate of appealability is not necessary because his habeas petition

challenges the inaction of the immigration authority and does not challenge the legality of his

state court conviction or sentence. The detention complained of (or the failure to detain by the

immigration authority) does not arise out of process issued by a state court. See 28 U.S.C. §

2253(c)(1)(A); cf. White v. Lambert, 370 F.3d 1002, 1004 (9th Cir. 2004) (no certificate

required for appeal from denial of § 2241 petition challenging transfer from a state prison to a

private prison in another state); Rosas v. Nielsen, 428 F.3d 1229, 1232 (9th Cir. 2005) (no

certificate required for appeal from denial of petition challenging administrative decision by

parole board to deny parole); Forde v. U.S. Parole Comm'n, 114 F.3d 878, 879 (9th Cir. 1997)

(no certificate required for appeal from denial of § 2241 petition challenging execution of federal

sentence). The clerk shall process the appeal.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: October 29, 2007 

 SUSAN ILLSTON

United States District Judge

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