1. In deciding whether to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253, may a federal court find that "reasonable jurists would not disagree" with the denial of relief where other courts have resolved the issue, on similar facts, in a manner favorable to habeas petitioner's position?

Whether a federal court may find that 'reasonable jurists would not disagree' with the denial of habeas relief when other courts have resolved similar issues favorably to the petitioner