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### D e c e m b e r20,2006 Elisab eth A. Shumaker C l erk of C ourt UNI TED S TATES CO URT O F AP PEALS

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DAVI D J AC KS ON, P e tit io n e r-A p p e llan t, v. GR E YS ON R OB I NS ON, R es pondent - A ppel l ee. N o. 06- 1216 ( D i s tr i ctof C ol or ado) ( D . C . N o . 0 6 - C V - 0 0 2 6 4 - Z L W)

ORDE R B efo re M UR P HY , S EY M OUR , and M c CO NNELL , C ir c u it J u d g e s . Pr ocee di ng pro se , D a v id Ja c k so n se e k s a c e rtific a te o f a p p e a lab ili ty ( “C O A ”) s o he ca n appea l the di s tr i ctcourt ’ s di s m i s s al of the habe as pet i t i on he file d p u rs u a n t to 2 8 U .S .C . § 2 2 5 4 . See 28 U . S. C . § 2253( c) ( 1) ( A ) ( pr ovi di ng thatno appea l m aybe t aken f r om a fi nal or derdi s pos i ng of a § 2254 pe t i t i on u n le s s th e p e titio n e r fir s t o b ta in s a C O A ). J acks on i ni t i at ed thi s § 2254 act i on on February16, 2006, byfi l i ng a documentt i t l ed “A m ended W r i tof H abeus [s i c] C orpus A d T es t ” w i th the U ni t ed St at es D i s tr i ctC our tforthe D i s tr i ctof C ol or ado. T he di s tr i ctcourtor der ed Ja c k so n to c u re d e ficie n c ies in th e p e tit io n . T h e d e ficie n c ies w e re sp e c ifica lly-2-

not ed i n the or derand J acks on w as w arned thatfai l ur e t o compl yw i th the or der w ith in th irtyd a y s w o u ld re su lt i n th e d ism iss a l o f th e p e tit io n . Ja c k so n fa iled to cur e the def

i ci enci es w i thi n the thi r ty - dayper i od butthe courtgr ant ed J acks on an addi t i onal t hi r ty - dayper i od i n a s econd or der , dat ed M ar ch 27, 2006. J acks on ther eaf t err eques t ed bl ank copi es of the form on w hi ch he c oul d fi l e an a m ended § 2254 pet i t i on. T he di s tr i ctcour tor der ed the cl erk of the courtt o m ai l J acks on tw o copi es of a for m capt i oned, “A ppl i cat i on fora W r i tof H abea s C orpus Pur s uantt o 28 U . S. C . § 2254. ” J acks on, how ever , fai l ed t o cur e the def i ci enci es orotherw i s e compl yw i th the or der s and the di s tr i ctcour tdi s m i s s ed hi s § 2254 p e titio n w ith o u t p reju d ic e . T o be ent i t l ed t o a C O A , J acks on m us tm ake “ a s ubs t ant i al s how i ng of the deni al of a c ons t i tut i onal r i ght . ” 28 U . S. C . § 2253( c) ( 2) . J acks on can s at i s fy “thi s s t andar d bydemonstr at i ng thatj ur i s t s of r eas on coul d di s agr ee w i th the d istric t co u rt’s r e so lu tio n o f h is c o n stitu tio n a l cla im s o r th a t ju rists c o u ld concl ude the i s s ues pr es ent ed ar e ade quat e t o des erve enc our agementt o pr ocee d fur ther . ” Mill e r-E l v. C o c kre ll , 5 3 7 U . S . 3 2 2 , 3 2 7 (20 0 3 ). W h en a d istri ct co u rt di s m i s s es a habe as pet i t i on on pr ocedur al gr ounds , a C O A w i l l onl yi s s ue w hen

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re a so n w o u ld fin d it d e b a tab le w h e th e r th e d istric t co u rt w a s c o rre c t in i t s pr ocedur al rul i ng. ” Slack v . McD ani el , 529 U . S. 474, 484- 85 ( 2000) ( hol di ng th a t w h e n a d is tr ic t c o u rt d is m is s e s a h a b e a s p e titio n o n p ro c e d u ra l g ro u n d s , a p e tit io n e r is e n tit led to a C O A o n lyif h e sh o w s b o th th a t re a so n a b le ju rists w o u ld-3-

fin d it d e b a tab le w h e th e r h e h a d sta ted a v a lid c o n stitu tio n a l cla im a n d d e b a tab le w h e th e r t h e d is tr ic t c o u rt ’s p ro c e d u ra l ru lin g w a s c o rr e c t) . O urr evi ew of the re c o rd , in c lu d in g J a c k s o n ’s a p p e lla te b ri e f a n d a p p lic a tio n fo r a C O A , demonstr at es t he di s tr i ctcourt ’ s di s m i s s al of J acks on’ s § 2254 pet i t i on i s not d e s e rv in g o f

f u rt h e r p ro c e e d in g s o r s u bje c t to a d iffe re n t r e s o lu tio n o n a p p e a l. A ccor di ngl y , w e de ny J a c k s o n ’s re q u e s t fo r a C O A , de ny hi s m ot i on t o pr ocee d in fo rm a p a up e ris on appea l , and d i sm i ss th is a p p e a l. E n tered fo r th e C o u rt E L IS A B E T H A . S H U M A K E R , C lerk By D ep u tyC lerk