The following excerpt is from Hernandez v. United States, Civil No.: 3:16-cv-02962-GPC, Criminal No.: 3:12-cr-00236-GPC-34 (S.D. Cal. 2017):
Under AEDPA, a prisoner seeking to appeal a district court's denial of a habeas petition must obtain a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. 2253(c)(1)(A). The district court may issue a certificate of appealability "only if the applicant has made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right." 28 U.S.C. 2253(c)(2). To satisfy this standard, a petitioner must show that "reasonable jurists would find the district court's assessment of the constitutional claims debatable or wrong." Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000).
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