Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in construing a pro se petitioner's appeal

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in construing a pro se petitioner’s appeal from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus as only a request for a certificate of appealability on the merits of his habeas petition, and not also an appeal from the court’s orders denying his motion for counsel and from its failure to even rule on his motion for discovery during the federal habeas proceeding. (i)