Legal Opinion
Gordon v. Willis
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided December 4, 1980No. Civ. A. C79-101RPublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
HAROLD L. MURPHY, District Judge.
By order dated August 12, 1980, this Court denied Jimmy Lee Gordon’s petition for habeas corpus. Petitioner has filed a timely request for a certificate of probable cause pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2253, 1 and a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. The proper standard to apply in considering whether the issues are subject to a probable cause certificate has been articulated in a variety of ways. See, e. g., Ramsey v. Hand, 309 F.2d 947, 948 (10th Cir. 1962) (“substantial question”); Bowlen v. Scafati, 395 F.2d 692, 693 (1st Cir. 1968) (“possible…
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