US v. James Niblock
Filing
920090406
UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 08-8540
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. JAMES R. NIBLOCK, Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Gerald Bruce Lee, District Judge. (1:02-cr-00568-GBL-1)
Submitted:
March 26, 2009
Decided:
April 6, 2009
Before WILKINSON and Senior Circuit Judge.
GREGORY,
Circuit
Judges,
and
HAMILTON,
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
James Niblock, Appellant Pro Se. Dana James Boente, Acting United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM: James R. Niblock seeks to appeal the district court's orders denying his Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) motion challenging the propriety of the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp. 2008) motion, and denying
reconsideration of that order. unless a circuit justice or
The orders are not appealable judge issues a certificate of
appealability. 369 F.3d 363,
28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1) (2006); Reid v. Angelone, 369 (4th Cir. 2004). A certificate of
appealability will not issue absent "a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right." (2006). 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2)
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 Niblock has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny Niblock's
motion for release on bond pending appeal, deny a certificate of appealability, and dismiss the appeal. We dispense with oral
argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately
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presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. DISMISSED
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