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Parties Involved:
Gail Lewis
Respondent
Leo King Parker III
Petitioner

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

LEO KING PARKER III

Petitioner, 2:01-cv-1862-GEB-DAD-P

vs.

GAIL LEWIS, Warden, et al., 

Respondents. ORDER

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Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has

timely filed a notice of appeal of this court's September 20,

2005 denial of his application for a writ of habeas corpus and a

request for a certificate of appealability. 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

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1 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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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 

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 issues presented in

the instant petition: (1) whether he received ineffective

assistance of trial counsel; and (2) whether the trial judge

erred by failing to properly evaluate the prosecutor’s stated

reason for using a peremptory challenge to dismiss an AfricanAmerican prospective juror from the jury panel. 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that a certificate of

appealability is issued in this action.

Dated: November 22, 2005

/s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr.

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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