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11 QUINDELL FORD, Case No. 1:22-cv-1327 JLT CDB (HC)

12 Petitioner, ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE OF

APPEALABILITY

13 v. (Doc. 26) 14 B.M. TRATE, Clerk of the Court to File with Court of Appeals 15 Respondent. Case No.: 24-1343 16

17 The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit remanded this action for the limited 18 purpose of determining whether to grant or deny a certificate of appealability. (Doc. 26.) For the 19 reasons set forth below, the Court DENIES a certificate of appealability. 20 I. Background 21 Quindell Ford is a federal prisoner proceeding with a petition for writ of habeas corpus 22 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. (Doc. 1.) The Court found Petitioner did not qualify for § 2241’s 23 “escape hatch” or “savings clause,” which provides that “[a] federal prisoner may file a habeas petition 24 under § 2241 to challenge the legality of a sentence when the prisoner's remedy under § 2255 is 25 inadequate or ineffective to test the legality of his detention.” Harrison v.…