US v. Enrique Contreras
Filing
920090622
UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 08-6847
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. ENRIQUE BARRAGAN CONTRERAS, Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Graham C. Mullen, Senior District Judge. (3:03-cr-00231-GCM-DCK-2; 3:08-cv-00120-GCM)
Submitted:
June 18, 2009
Decided:
June 22, 2009
Before NIEMEYER, GREGORY, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Enrique Barragan Contreras, Appellant Pro Se. Edward R. Ryan, Acting United States Attorney, Anne Magee Tompkins, Assistant United States Attorney, Kevin Zolot, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM: Enrique Barragan Contreras seeks to appeal the
district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp. 2008) motion. The order is not appealable unless a
circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1) (2006). A certificate of appealability
will not issue absent "a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional prisoner reasonable right." this would by 28 U.S.C. standard find the that § 2253(c)(2) by any (2006). A that the or
satisfies jurists
demonstrating assessment is of
constitutional
claims
district
court
debatable
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 Contreras has not made the requisite for a showing. certificate Accordingly, of we deny and
Contreras's
motion
appealability
dismiss the appeal. facts and legal before
We dispense with oral argument because the are and adequately argument presented not in aid the the
contentions the court
materials
would
decisional process. DISMISSED
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