Whether petitioner's request for equitable tolling of the statute of limitations meets the statutory requirement for the issuance of a certificate of appealability

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether petitioner’s request for equitable tolling of the statute of limitations period set out in 28 U.S.C. § 2244(d) based on evidence of his post-conviction attorneys’ violation of the standards of professional conduct meets the statutory requirement for the issuance of a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2) so as to warrant remand to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit with instructions to issue a certificate of appealability.