US v. Damon Dade
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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:99-cr-00425-JCC-1,1:11-cv-00665-JCC Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999160693].. [13-6456]
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 13-6456
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff – Appellee,
v.
DAMON DADE, a/k/a Johnny,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria. James C. Cacheris, Senior
District Judge. (1:99-cr-00425-JCC-1; 1:11-cv-00665-JCC)
Submitted:
July 25, 2013
Decided: July 29, 2013
Before GREGORY, DAVIS, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Damon Dade, Appellant Pro Se. Alison Lynn Anderson, OFFICE OF
THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Damon Dade seeks to appeal the district court’s order
dismissing his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp. 2013) motion as
successive and unauthorized.
a
circuit
justice
appealability.
or
The order is not appealable unless
judge
issues
a
certificate
28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B) (2006).
of
A certificate
of appealability will not issue absent “a substantial showing of
the denial of a constitutional right.”
(2006).
28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2)
When the district court denies relief on the merits, a
prisoner
satisfies
this
jurists
would
reasonable
standard
find
by
that
demonstrating
the
district
that
court’s
assessment of the constitutional claims is debatable or wrong.
Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); see Miller-El v.
Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336-38 (2003).
denies
relief
demonstrate
on
both
procedural
that
the
When the district court
grounds,
dispositive
the
prisoner
procedural
must
ruling
is
debatable, and that the motion states a debatable claim of the
denial of a constitutional right.
Slack, 529 U.S. at 484-85.
We have independently reviewed the record and conclude
that Dade has not made the requisite showing.
Accordingly, we
deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal.
dispense
with
oral
argument
because
2
the
facts
and
We
legal
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presented
in
the
materials
before
this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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