US v. Jovon Brown
Filing
920091021
UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 09-6999
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff Appellee, v. JOVON MONTRAL BROWN, Defendant Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Newport News. Jerome B. Friedman, District Judge. (4:06-cr-00138-JFB-JEB-1, 4:08-cv-00058-JBF)
Submitted:
October 15, 2009
Decided:
October 21, 2009
Before SHEDD, DUNCAN, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Jovon Montral Brown, Appellant Pro Se. Scott Assistant United States Attorney, for Appellee.
W.
Putney,
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM: Jovon court's order Montral denying Brown relief seeks on to his appeal 28 the district § 2255
U.S.C.A.
(West Supp. 2009) 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 Brown 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
contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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