Opinion
No. CIV S-00-2080 DFL JFM P.
September 1, 2006
ORDER
Petitioner, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, has timely filed a notice of appeal of this court's September 26, 2005 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, 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 an adequate showing of the denial of a constitutional right in the following issues presented in the instant petition: petitioner's sentence and the $10,000 fine were cruel and unusual punishment (ground 13) and petitioner's sentence was excessive and disproportionate to the crime (ground 14). The remaining issues do not deserve encouragement to proceed any further.
Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that a certificate of appealability is issued in the present action as to petitioner's claims 13 and 14 .