Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals should have granted a certificate of appealability (COA)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals should have granted a certificate of appealability (COA) because reasonable jurists would disagree whether Petitioner was entitled to discovery to prove his claim that the government’s failure to indict him for racketeering offenses until he was 21 years old -for offenses that took place when he was only 16 and 17 years old -was to gain an improper tactical advantage, thus requiring dismissal of the charges for preindictment delay? i