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Parties Involved:
Shadeven Jason Harper
Petitioner
A.K. Scribner
Respondent

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SHADEVEN JASON HARPER,

Petitioner, 2:03-cv-0410-GEB-GGH-P

vs.

A.K. SCRIBNER, Warden, 

Respondent. ORDER

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Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding through counsel, has timely filed a notice of

appeal of this court's March 13, 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

court, or is “‘adequate to deserve encouragement to proceed further.’” Jennings v. Woodford,

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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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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 issue presented in the instant petition: whether the trial court’s denial of a motion

for a trial continuance to allow attendance of a defense witness violated petitioner’s Fourteenth

Amendment right to due process and his Sixth Amendment right to present a defense.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that a certificate of appealability is

issued in the present action.

Dated: May 12, 2006

/s/ Garland E. Burrell, Jr.

GARLAND E. BURRELL, JR.

United States District Judge

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