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Parties Involved:
Joey Anthony Barnes
Petitioner
Jim Hamlet
Respondent

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOEY ANTHONY BARNES,

Petitioner, 2:02-cv-1832-GEB-JFM-P

vs.

JIM HAMLET, 

Respondent. ORDER 

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Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has timely filed a notice of appeal of

this court's September 14, 2006, denial of his application for a writ of habeas corpus. 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 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 

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 Except for the requirement that appealable issues be specifically identified, the standard 1

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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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)).

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Petitioner has made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right in

the following issues presented in the instant petition: (1) whether admission of evidence of prior

domestic violence violated his rights to due process and equal protection; and (2) whether he

received ineffective assistance of trial counsel.

Petitioner has also requested the appointment of counsel on appeal. That request

will be denied without prejudice to its renewal in the United States Court of Appeals for the

Ninth Circuit.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. A certificate of appealability is issued in the present action; and

2. Petitioner’s October 11, 2006, request for the appointment of counsel is denied

without prejudice to its renewal in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Dated: October 31, 2006

 

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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