Court Opinion

ID: 9495545
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 16:05:16.825805+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:57:04.542455
License: Public Domain

KENNEDY, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
I concur in the panel’s opinion but write separately to acknowledge the disadvantages that may result from following the procedure our opinion suggests.
First, the issuance of a certificate of appealability contemporaneously with the decision on the writ may result in appeal when otherwise no appeal would have been filed. Second, petitioner may have otherwise requested a COA on only one or two of the issues. Without such a request, the district judge must deal with all the issues raised in the petition for the writ perhaps causing the judge unnecessary work. Third, while the petitioner may move for reconsideration where the COA is entered with the opinion, the burden on the petitioner to persuade the judge to change a ruling is greater than the burden to persuade the judge to adopt that ruling as an initial matter.
However, I concur because Fed. R.App. P. 22(B)(1) requires the district court to issue a COA ruling and we have already approved its issuance at the time of the merits decision.