Brown

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 GREGORY L. BROWN, Case No. 20-cv-03405-YGR (PR)

Petitioner, ORDER DENYING REQUEST FOR

CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY;

v. DENYING MOTION FOR

APPOINTMENT OF COUNSEL; AND

LAURA ELDRIDGE, Warden, GRANTING REQUEST TO PROCEED

IN FORMA PAUPERIS ON APPEAL

Respondent.

Petitioner filed the instant pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. On June 3, 2020, the Court dismissed the petition because it was a second petition, successive to his previous case, Case No. C 98-02013 MMC (PR), and he had not obtained from the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals an order authorizing the district court to consider the petition. On June 26, 2020, Petitioner filed a notice of appeal and an application for a certificate of appealability (“COA”). Dkt. 9. Petitioner also moves for appointment of counsel and leave to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal. Id. In an Order dated July 16, 2020, the Ninth Circuit remanded…