IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI SOUTHERN DIVISION

WILLIAM RAY COLLINS, # 56532 PETITIONER

v. CIVIL NO. 1:24cv339-HSO-RPM

STATE OF MISSISSIPPI RESPONDENT

CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

A final order adverse to the applicant having been filed in the captioned habeas corpus case, in which the detention complained of arises out of process issued by a state court, the Court, considering the record in the case and the requirements of

, Rule 22(b) of the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure, and Rule 11(a) of the Rules Governing Section 2254 Cases in the United States District Courts, hereby finds that a Certificate of Appealability should not issue. The applicant has failed to show “that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the petition states a valid claim of the denial of a constitutional right and that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether [this Court] was correct in its procedural ruling.” Slack v. McDaniel,

(2000).

Date: April 7, 2025 s/ Halil Suleyman Ozerden HALIL SULEYMAN OZERDEN CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE