William Bowden, Jr. v. Rick Anderson
Filing
920091118
UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 09-6756
WILLIAM BILLY BOWDEN, JR., Petitioner Appellant, v. WARDEN RICK ANDERSON, Respondent Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Dever III, District Judge. (5:08-hc-02046-D)
Submitted:
November 4, 2009
Decided:
November 18, 2009
Before MICHAEL and SHEDD, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
William Billy Bowden, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Clarence Joe DelForge, III, Assistant Attorney General, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM: William Billy Bowden, Jr., 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 See 28
justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1) (2006). not issue absent "a
A certificate of appealability will showing of the denial (2006). of a A that the or
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constitutional prisoner reasonable
right." this would by
U.S.C. standard
§ 2253(c)(2) by any
satisfies jurists
demonstrating assessment is of
find the
that
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 Bowden has not made the requisite showing. certificate dispense of appealability oral argument and Accordingly, we deny a the appeal. and We legal
dismiss the
with
because
facts
contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. DISMISSED
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