James Hammond, Jr. v. Theodis Beck
Filing
920090116
Opinion
UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 08-7629
JAMES WALTON HAMMOND, JR., Petitioner Appellant, v. THEODIS BECK; ROBERT LEE, Respondents Appellees, and STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, Respondent.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Terrence C. Boyle, District Judge. (5:07-HC-02108-BO)
Submitted:
January 13, 2009
Decided:
January 16, 2009
Before WILLIAMS, Judges.
Chief
Judge,
and
TRAXLER
and
KING,
Circuit
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
James Walton Hammond, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Mary Carla Hollis, Assistant Attorney General, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM: James Walton Hammond, Jr., seeks to appeal the
district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000) petition. The order is not appealable unless a circuit See
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 prisoner reasonable right." this would by 28 U.S.C. standard find the that § 2253(c)(2) by any (2000). 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. See 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
Hammond has not made the requisite showing.
Accordingly, we We
deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal. 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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