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114 F.3d 878
97 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 4210, 97 Daily JournalD.A.R. 7042Stephen Charles FORDE, Petitioner-Appellant,v.U.S. PAROLE COMMISSION, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 97-55164.
United States Court of Appeals,Ninth Circuit.
June 4, 1997.

Stephen Charles Forde, Los Angeles, CA, pro se, for petitioner-appellant.
Richard E. Drooyan, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for respondent-appellee.
Before:  FLETCHER, REINHARDT and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.

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The district court denied petitioner Stephen Charles Forde' § 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition for writ of habeas corpus.  Forde filed a notice of appeal which the district court construed as a request for a certificate of appealability (COA).  The district court denied the request for a COA and referred the request to this court.

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We must decide whether 28 U.S.C. § 2253, as amended by the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Pub.L.No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214 (1996), requires that Forde receive a COA before we may hear his appeal.  The new section 2253(c)(1) provides the following:

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Unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability, an appeal may not be taken to the court of appeals from--

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(A) the final order in a habeas corpus proceeding in which the detention complained of arises out of process issued by a State court;  or

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(B) the final order in a proceeding under section 2255.

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28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1).

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The plain language of section 2253(c)(1) does not require a COA here because this is an appeal from an order denying a 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition that is not a final order in a habeas proceeding in which the detention complained of arises out of process issued by a State court.  See Ojo v. INS, 106 F.3d 680, 681-82 (5th Cir.1997);  Bradshaw v. Story, 86 F.3d 164, 166 (10th Cir.1996).   Accordingly, the COA request is denied as unnecessary.

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The briefing schedule established previously shall remain in effect.