US v. Reyes

Filing 920070620

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 06-7978

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus EDWIN ARNOLDO REYES, Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt. Peter J. Messitte, District Judge. (8:01cr-00533-PJM; 8:05-cv-00255-PJM)

Submitted: June 15, 2007

Decided:

June 20, 2007

Before WIDENER, MICHAEL, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Edwin Arnoldo Reyes, Appellant Pro Se. Deborah A. Johnston, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM: Edwin Arnoldo Reyes seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his motion for clarification, filed in his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2000) proceeding. unless a circuit justice or judge The order is not appealable issues a certificate of

appealability.

28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1) (2000).

A certificate of

appealability will not issue absent "a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right." 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2) (2000).

A prisoner satisfies this standard by demonstrating that reasonable jurists would find that any assessment of the constitutional claims by the district court is debatable or wrong and that any

dispositive procedural ruling by the district court is likewise debatable. Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336-38 (2003);

Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); Rose v. Lee, 252 F.3d 676, 683-84 (4th Cir. 2001). We have independently reviewed the

record and conclude that Reyes has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny Reyes' motion for a certificate of

appealability and dismiss the appeal.

We dispense with oral

argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

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