-KEW Sanders v. Watts, No. 6:2011cv00025 - Document 22 (E.D. Okla. 2012)

Court Description: OPINION AND ORDER by Judge Frank H. Seay, denying certificate of appealability(acg, Deputy Clerk)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA CHESTER SANDERS, III, Petitioner, v. EMMA WATTS, Warden, Respondent. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. CIV 11-025-FHS-KEW OPINION AND ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY On March 12, 2012, the court affirmed and adopted the Magistrate Judge s Report and Recommendation and denied petitioner s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. After a careful review of the record, the court concludes petitioner has not shown 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 [this] court was correct in its procedural ruling. Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000). See also 28 U.S.C. ยง 2253(c). ACCORDINGLY, petitioner is denied a certificate of appealability. IT IS SO ORDERED this 14th day of March, 2012.

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