John Baccus v. Leroy Cartledge
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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 9:11-cv-01754-DCN Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [998725970]. Mailed to: John Baccus. [11-7277]
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 11-7277
JOHN ROOSEVELT BACCUS,
Petitioner – Appellant,
v.
LEROY
CARTLEDGE,
Institution,
Warden
of
McCormick
Correctional
Respondent – Appellee,
and
THE STATE,
Respondent.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Beaufort.
David C. Norton, Chief District
Judge. (9:11-cv-01754-DCN)
Submitted:
November 15, 2011
Decided:
November 18, 2011
Before NIEMEYER and KEENAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
John Roosevelt Baccus, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
John
court’s
judge
Roosevelt
Baccus
order
accepting
the
and
denying
successive.
justice
or
his
28
The
order
issues
a
to
appeal
recommendation
U.S.C.
is
judge
seeks
not
§
2254
of
the
(2006)
appealable
certificate
U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) (2006).
of
the
district
magistrate
petition
unless
a
as
circuit
appealability.
28
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).
When the
district court denies relief on the merits, a prisoner satisfies
this
standard
by
demonstrating
that
reasonable
jurists
would
find that the district court’s assessment of the constitutional
claims is debatable or wrong.
Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473,
484
Cockrell,
(2000);
(2003).
see
Miller-El
v.
537
U.S.
322,
336-38
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.
529 U.S. at 484-85.
Slack,
We have independently reviewed the record
and conclude that Baccus has not made the requisite 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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