PER CURIAM:
Patrick Alan Lowell, a California state prisoner, appeals the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition. On April 24, 1996, while Lowell's request for a certificate of probable cause (CPC) was pending in this court, the President signed the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (the Act). Section 102 of the Act amends 28 U.S.C. § 2253 to require a certificate of appealability (COA), instead of a CPC as required...
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