Michael Lerch v. George Hinkle
Filing
920091118
UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 09-6522
MICHAEL LERCH, Petitioner Appellant, v. GEORGE M. HINKLE, Warden, Greensville Correctional Center, Respondent Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond. M. Hannah Lauck, Magistrate Judge. (3:08-cv-00305-MHL)
Submitted:
September 3, 2009
Decided:
November 18, 2009
Before MICHAEL and KING, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Michael Lerch, Appellant Pro Se. Josephine Frances Whalen, Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM: Michael Lerch seeks to appeal the district court's
order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2006) petition. * The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. See 28 U.S.C.
§ 2253(c)(1) (2006). issue absent "a
A certificate of appealability will not showing U.S.C. standard find the that of the denial of a A that the or
substantial 28
constitutional prisoner reasonable
right." this would by
§ 2253(c)(2) by any
(2006).
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 Lerch has not made the of requisite showing. and Accordingly, dismiss the the we deny a We legal
certificate dispense
appealability oral argument
appeal. and
with
because
facts
The parties consented to the jurisdiction magistrate judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) (2006).
*
of
the
2
contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. DISMISSED
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