Torriano Williams v. Dunlap
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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--denying updating certificate of appealability status Originating case number: 8:11-cv-00645-JMC. Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [998784491]. Mailed to: Torriano Williams. [11-7110]
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 11-7110
TORRIANO DARNELL WILLIAMS,
Petitioner – Appellant,
v.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA; COUNTY OF FLORENCE; WARDEN DUNLAP,
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Anderson.
J. Michelle Childs, District
Judge. (8:11-cv-00645-JMC)
Submitted:
January 30, 2012
Decided:
February 9, 2012
Before WILKINSON, AGEE, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Torriano Darnell Williams, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Torriano Darnell Williams, a state prisoner, seeks to
appeal the district court’s order accepting the recommendation
of the magistrate judge and denying relief on his 28 U.S.C.A.
§ 2241 (West 2006 & Supp. 2011) petition.
appealable
unless
a
circuit
certificate of appealability.
A
certificate
of
justice
The order is not
or
judge
issues
a
28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) (2006).
appealability
will
not
issue
absent
“a
substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.”
28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2) (2006).
relief
on
the
demonstrating
district
debatable
merits,
that
court’s
or
a
When the district court denies
prisoner
reasonable
assessment
wrong.
Slack
satisfies
jurists
this
would
of
the
v.
McDaniel,
standard
find
that
U.S.
the
claims
constitutional
529
by
is
473,
484
(2000); see Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336-38 (2003).
When the district court denies relief on procedural grounds, the
prisoner must demonstrate both that the dispositive procedural
ruling is debatable, and that the petition states a debatable
claim of the denial of a constitutional right.
Slack, 529 U.S.
at
the
484-85.
conclude
that
We
have
Williams
independently
has
not
reviewed
made
the
record
requisite
and
showing.
Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss
the appeal.
We dispense with oral argument because the facts
and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials
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before
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the
court
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and
argument
would
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not
aid
the
decisional
process.
DISMISSED
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