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Parties Involved:
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Respondent
Bernard Steppe
Petitioner

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BERNARD STEPPE,

Petitioner, No. CIV S 07-0976 MCE DAD P

vs.

ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER,

Respondent. ORDER

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Petitioner is a state prisoner proceeding pro se with a petition for a writ of habeas

corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On November 27, 2007, judgment was entered in this

court denying the petition. On January 31, 2008, petitioner filed a notice of appeal. Before

petitioner can appeal this decision, a certificate of appealability must issue. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c);

Fed. R .App. P. 22(b). Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 22(b) requires the district court

judge who rendered a judgment denying such petition to “either issue a certificate of probable

cause or state the reasons why such a certificate should not issue.”

The timely filing of a notice of appeal is a jurisdictional requirement. Scott v.

Younger, 739 F.2d 1464, 1466 (9th Cir. 1984). Here, the time limit for filing a notice of appeal

following entry of judgment is thirty days. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a). Petitioner's notice of appeal

in this action was filed more than thirty days after entry of judgment. 

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has held that the

issuance of a certificate of probable cause cannot vest the court of appeals with jurisdiction if

jurisdiction is not proper in that court. Hayward v. Britt, 572 F.2d 1324, 1325 (9th Cir. 1978). 

The rationale of Hayward applies with equal force to a certificate of appealability. For these

reasons, the court declines to issue a certificate of appealability.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 20, 2008

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MORRISON C. ENGLAND, JR.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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