Vue v. Dowling

Filing 22

ORDER denying certificate of appealability as to all of petitioner's grounds for relief...see order for specifics. Signed by Honorable Joe Heaton on 10/11/2017. (cla)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA
ONG VUE,

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Petitioner,
vs.
JANET DOWLING, Warden,
Dick Conner Correctional Center
Defendant.

NO. CIV-17-0857-HE

ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY
The

court

previously

adopted

Magistrate

Judge

Erwin’s

Report

and

Recommendation and dismissed petitioner’s claims under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Pursuant to
Rule 11(a) of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the United States District Courts,
the Court denies a certificate of appealability.
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1), Petitioner may not appeal the denial of his
habeas petition unless he obtains a certificate of appealability (“COA”). A COA is claimspecific and appropriate only if petitioner “has made a substantial showing of the denial of
a constitutional right.” 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2), (c)(3). When a claim has been dismissed
on a procedural ground, petitioner faces a “double hurdle.” Coppage v. McKune, 534 F.3d
1279, 1281 (10th Cir. 2008).
When the district court denies a habeas petition on procedural grounds
without reaching the prisoner’s underlying constitutional claim, a COA
should issue when the prisoner shows, at least, that jurists of reason would
find it debatable whether the petition states a valid claim of the denial of a
constitutional right and that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether
the district court was correct in its procedural ruling.
Slack, 529 U.S. at 484.

Having thoroughly reviewed each issue raised by petitioner, the Court concludes
that, for the reasons set forth in the court’s order adopting the Report and Recommendation,
petitioner’s claims do not satisfy the standard for the granting of a COA. Therefore, the
Court DENIES a COA as to all of Petitioner’s grounds for relief.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated this 11th of October, 2017.

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