Authorities Cited: United States Code 28 U.S.C. § 2253(a) 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2) 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Supreme Court 364 U.S. 611, 619 458 U.S. 670 474 U.S. 34, 35 474 U.S. 64, 71-73 498 U.S. 184, 186 516 U.S. 299, 307 523 U.S. 491 541 U.S. 440 Circuit Courts 546 F.2d 730, 737 557 F.2d 476, 479 632 F.2d 252, 255 651 F.2d 405, 406-407 664 F.2d 1064, 1066-1067 672 F.2d 834 732 F.2d 1338, 1342 763 F.2d 757, 761-764 789 F.2d 554, 561 827 F.2d 260, 261 862 F.2d 850 920 F.2d 213, 218 977 F.2d 95, 99-105 978 F.2d 964, 968 997 F.2d 1141 37 F.3d 964, 965-967 45 F.3d 837 83 F.3d 889, 893 105 F.3d 434, 436 114 F.3d 39, 43 213 F.3d 1179, 1185 382 F.3d 453, 466 410 F.3d 701, 714 428 F.3d 690, 697-699 496 F.3d 658, 668-669 38 F. Supp. 2d 463, 467-468 326 F. Supp. 1179, 1181 544 F. Supp. 2d 1074, 1078-1079