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Parties Involved:
Brandon Everette Groves
Petitioner
Cheryl Pliler
Respondent

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Petitioner’s motion for an extension of time in which to file his notice of appeal and

request for certificate of appealability is GRANTED. 

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

 

 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BRANDON EVERETTE GROVES,

Petitioner,

v.

CHERYL PLILER, Warden,

Respondent. ______________________________

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No. C 03-4316 MMC (PR)

ORDER DENYING REQUEST

FOR A CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY; GRANTING

EXTENSION OF TIME

(Docket No. 13)

On September 23, 2003, petitioner Brandon Everette Groves, a California prisoner

proceeding pro se, filed the above-titled petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28

U.S.C. § 2254. On September 7, 2006, judgment was entered against petitioner after the

petition was denied on its merits. On October 24, 2006, petitioner filed a notice of appeal,

which the Court construes as including a request for a certificate of appealability pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 2253(c) and Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 22(b). See United States v.

Asrar, 116 F.3d 1268, 1270 (9th Cir. 1997). Petitioner has not shown “that reasonable jurists

would find the district court’s assessment of the constitutional claims debatable or wrong.” 

Slack v. McDaniel, 120 S.Ct. 1595, 1604 (2000). Accordingly, the request for a certificate of

appealability is DENIED.1

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The Clerk shall forward this order, along with the case file, to the United States Court

of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, from which petitioner also may seek a certificate of

appealability. See Asrar, 116 F.3d at 1270.

Good cause appearing, the request for an extension of time in which to file a notice of

appeal is GRANTED.

This order terminates Docket No. 13.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

DATED: October 31, 2006 ____________________________

MAXINE M. CHESNEY

United States District Judge 

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