Opinion
No. 2:06-cv-01657-MCE-CHS P.
April 14, 2009
ORDER
Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has filed a timely notice of appeal of this court's April 6, 2009 order denying his application for 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 "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, 290 F.3d 1006, 1010 (9th Cir. 2002) (quoting Barefoot v. Estelle, 463 U.S. 880, 893 (1983)).
Except for the requirement that appealable issues be specifically identified, the standard 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.
Petitioner has made a substantial showing in his petition that insufficient evidence supported the conviction; that the prosecutor committed Brady violations and engaged in prosecutorial misconduct; that he received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial and on direct appeal; and finally, that erroneous evidentiary rulings and an instructional error deprived him of due process, either individually or in combination.
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that a certificate of appealability shall issue in the present action.