Royal v. Robinson

Filing 920070906

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 07-6213

JAMES RUSSELL ROYAL, Petitioner - Appellant, versus A. D. ROBINSON, Respondent - Appellee.

No. 07-6224

JAMES R. ROYAL, Petitioner - Appellant, versus A. D. ROBINSON, Respondent - Appellee.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Claude M. Hilton, Senior District Judge. (1:06-cv-00416-CMH)

Submitted: August 30, 2007

Decided:

September 6, 2007

Before MICHAEL, KING, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Jeroyd Wiley Greene, III, ROBINSON & GREENE, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellant. Eugene Paul Murphy, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM: James Russell Royal seeks to appeal the district court's orders denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000) petition. The

orders are not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge 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." § 2253(c)(2) (2000). that A prisoner satisfies would this 28 U.S.C. standard that by any

demonstrating

reasonable

jurists

find

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 Royal has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of We dispense with oral

appealability and dismiss the appeals.

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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