James Kearns v. Adrian Hoke
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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:09-cv-00156-IMK-JSK Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [998783564]. Mailed to: James Kearns. [11-7178]
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 11-7178
JAMES H. KEARNS,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
ADRIAN HOKE, Warden,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern
District of West Virginia, at Clarksburg.
Irene M. Keeley,
District Judge. (1:09-cv-00156-IMK-JSK)
Submitted:
January 31, 2012
Decided:
February 8, 2012
Before GREGORY, SHEDD, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
James H. Kearns, Appellant Pro Se.
Robert David Goldberg,
Assistant Attorney General, Charleston, West Virginia, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
James H. Kearns seeks to appeal the district court’s
order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and
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
(2006).
of
appealability.
28
U.S.C.
§ 2253(c)(1)(A)
A certificate of 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
Kearns
independently
has
not
made
reviewed
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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the
and
court
argument
would
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not
aid
the
decisional
process.
DISMISSED
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