Corey Johnson v. Loretta Kelly

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--denying Motion to proceed in forma pauperis (FRAP 24) [999126976-2]; denying for certificate of appealability Originating case number: 3:07-cv-00731-JRS Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999161701]. Mailed to: Corey Johnson. [13-6778]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 13-6778

COREY E. JOHNSON,
Petitioner – Appellant,
v.
LORETTA K. KELLY, Warden, Sussex I State Prison,
Respondent – Appellee,
and
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Respondent.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond.
James R. Spencer, District
Judge. (3:07-cv-00731-JRS)

Submitted:

July 25, 3013

Decided:

July 30, 2013

Before GREGORY, DAVIS, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Corey E. Johnson, Appellant Pro Se. Leah A. Darron, OFFICE OF
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for
Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Corey E. Johnson seeks to appeal the district court’s
order

denying

his

Fed.

R.

Civ.

P.

60(b)

motion

for

reconsideration of the district court’s order denying relief on
his

28

U.S.C.

appealable

§ 2254

unless

petition.

circuit

a

(2006)

justice

certificate of appealability.
Reid

v.

Angelone,

A certificate

of

369

The
or

order

judge

is

issues

not
a

28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) (2006);

F.3d

363,

appealability

369

will

(4th

not

Cir.

issue

2004).

absent

“a

substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.”
28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2) (2006).
relief

on

the

demonstrating
district

merits,
that

court’s

debatable

or

a

prisoner

reasonable

assessment

wrong.

When the district court denies

Slack

satisfies

jurists

this

would

of

the

v.

McDaniel,

standard

find

constitutional
529

U.S.

by

that

the

claims

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 484-85.
We have independently reviewed the record and conclude
that Johnson has not made the requisite showing.

Accordingly,

we deny a certificate of appealability, deny leave to proceed in
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forma pauperis, and dismiss the appeal.

We dispense with oral

argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately
presented in the materials before this court and argument would
not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

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