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Parties Involved:
Jim Hamlet
Respondent
Billy E. Turner
Petitioner

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BILLY E. TURNER, 

Petitioner,

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JIM HAMLET, Warden,

Respondent. 

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No. C 03-3752 JSW (PR)

ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE

OF APPEALABILITY

(Docket no. 39)

Petitioner Billy E. Turner filed a pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus

challenging the constitutionality of his state conviction under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Following

briefing by the parties, this Court denied Petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus

on the merits in an order dated September 28, 2006 (docket no. 35). Petitioner has filed a

notice of appeal and request for a certificate of appealability pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)

and Fed. R. App. P. 22(b) (docket no. 39). 

Petitioner has not shown “that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the

petition states a valid claim of the denial of a constitutional right[.]” Slack v. McDaniel, 529

U.S. 473, 484-85 (2000). Accordingly, the request for a certificate of appealability is

DENIED (docket no. 39). The Clerk of Court shall forward this order, along with the case

file, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Petitioner may also seek a

certificate of appealability from that court. See United States v. Asrar, 116 F.3d 1268, 1270

(9th Cir. 1997). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: 

 JEFFREY S. WHITE

United States District Judge

2/5/2007

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