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Parties Involved:
Cedric T. Green
Petitioner
Mike Knowles
Respondent

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CEDRIC T. GREEN,

Petitioner,

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MIKE KNOWLES, Warden,

Respondent. 

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No. C 02-5455 CRB (PR)

ORDER DENYING

CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY

On March 22, 2007, the court denied petitioner's motion to vacate

judgment and reopen his federal habeas petition. The petition had been

dismissed as untimely back on October 22, 2003.

On April 24, 2007, petitioner filed a motion for reconsideration of the

March 22, 2007 order. The court ordered respondent to file a reply and, after he

did so, denied the motion on June 6, 2007.

On June 29, 2007, petitioner filed a notice of appeal which the court also

construes as a request for a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)

and Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 22(b). 

A certificate of appealability is DENIED because petitioner has not made

"a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right." 28 U.S.C. § 

2253(c)(2). Petitioner has not demonstrated that "jurists of reason would find it

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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 court of appeals the case file with this order. 

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

SO ORDERED.

DATED: 08/16/07 

CHARLES R. BREYER

United States District Judge

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