10th Cir. R. 22.1: Certificate of appealability
Tenth Circuit Rules — Title VI. Habeas Corpus; Proceedings in Forma Pauperis
(A) Required form. Although a notice of appeal constitutes a request for a certificate of appealability, the appellant must also file a brief. The Clerk will provide pro se appellants a form for this purpose which serves as both a brief and a request for a certificate of appealability.
(B) Briefing. Respondents-appellees shall not file a brief until requested to do so by this court.
(C) District Court Ruling. Consistent with the Rules Governing Proceedings Under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 or § 2255 the district court shall, in every applicable case, issue or deny a certificate of appealability when it enters a final order adverse to the applicant.