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Parties Involved:
Norm Kramer
Respondent
George Willoughby
Petitioner

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GEORGE WILLOUGHBY,

Petitioner,

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NORM KRAMER, Executive Director,

Respondent. 

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No. C 07-6295 CRB (PR)

ORDER DENYING

CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY

Petitioner has filed a notice of appeal. It is an open question in the Ninth

Circuit whether a state pretrial detainee who files a habeas petition under § 2241

must obtain a certificate of appealability (“COA”) in order to appeal. McNeely

v. Blanas, 336 F.3d 822, 832 n.10 (9th Cir. 2003). But other circuits have held

that such petitioners must obtain a COA. Id. Assuming a COA is required in this

case, a COA is DENIED. Petitioner has not demonstrated that "jurists of reason

would find it debatable whether the petition states a valid claim of the denial of a

constitutional right and that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the

district court was correct in its procedural ruling.” Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S.

473, 484 (2000).

The clerk shall forward to the Ninth Circuit the case file with this order. 

See United States v. Asrar, 116 F.3d 1268, 1270 (9th Cir. 1997). 

SO ORDERED.

DATED: April 15, 2008 

CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge

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