United States Court of Appeals
                                                                Fifth Circuit
                                                             F I L E D
              IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                      FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT                    April 8, 2005

                                                         Charles R. Fulbruge III
                                                                 Clerk
                             No.    04-20516
                      USDC    No.    4:03-CV-1344
                      USDC    No.    4:03-CV-1343
                      USDC    No.    4:03-CV-1342
                      USDC    No.    4:03-CV-1341
                      USDC    No.    4:03-CV-1340


BRENDA SUE BAILEY; JOHN ALLEN BABIN; CHARLES FRANCIS
COLEMAN; JAMES ARNOLD SCHNUR; RALPH F. SCHNUR,

                           Petitioners-Appellants,

versus

CHARLES ROSENTHAL, District Attorney for Harris County Texas,

                           Respondent-Appellee.


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JOHN ALLEN BABIN,

                           Petitioner-Appellant,

versus

CHARLES ROSENTHAL, District Attorney for Harris County Texas,

                           Respondent-Appellee.

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CHARLES FRANCIS COLEMAN,

                           Petitioner-Appellant,

versus

CHARLES ROSENTHAL, District Attorney for Harris County Texas,

                           Respondent-Appellee.
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JAMES ARNOLD SCHNUR,

                         Petitioner-Appellant,

versus

CHARLES ROSENTHAL, District Attorney for Harris County Texas,

                         Respondent-Appellee.

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RALPH F. SCHNUR,

                         Petitioner-Appellant,

versus

CHARLES ROSENTHAL, District Attorney for Harris County Texas,

                         Respondent-Appellee.

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          Appeal from the United States District Court
               for the Southern District of Texas
                      (USDC No. 03-CV-1340)

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PER CURIAM:*

     The appellants in this case appeal from the dismissal of

their 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petitions.    A certificate of appealability

(“COA”) is required to appeal “the final order in a habeas corpus

proceeding in which the detention complained of arises out of

process issued by a State court.”    28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A).

Because the appellants are seeking release from the pending state

     *
        Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that
this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except
under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.

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criminal proceedings against them, a COA is required before they

can proceed on appeal.   Stringer v. Williams, 

, 261-

622 (5th Cir. 1998).

     The district court must make the initial determination

whether a COA should issue.   Muniz v. Johnson, 

, 45

(5th Cir. 1997).   Accordingly, the case is REMANDED to the

district court for the limited purpose of the district court’s

issuance of a COA ruling.   Once the district court has issued its

ruling, this court will consider the case.




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