Robert Mitchell v. Warden of Broad River
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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--granting Motion for rehearing and rehearing en banc [999175303-2]; denying Motion certificate of appealability (Local Rule 22(a)) [999161755-2] Originating case number: 4:13-cv-00470-CMC Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999190051]. Mailed to: Robert Mitchell. [13-6816]
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ON REHEARING
UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 13-6816
ROBERT L. MITCHELL, a/k/a Robert Lee Mitchell, a/k/a Robert
Mitchell,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
WARDEN OF BROAD RIVER CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION,
Respondent - Appellee,
and
BILL BYARS, Director SC Dept of Corrections,
Respondent.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Florence.
Cameron McGowan Currie, District
Judge. (4:13-cv-00470-CMC)
Submitted:
July 25, 2013
Decided:
September 10, 2013
Before GREGORY, DAVIS, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Robert L. Mitchell, Appellant Pro Se.
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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Robert
court’s
order
L.
Mitchell
accepting
the
seeks
to
appeal
recommendation
of
the
the
district
magistrate
judge and dismissing as successive his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2006)
petition.
We
appealability
previously
and
dismissed
denied
his
Mitchell
appeal
on
a
certificate
the
basis
that
of
he
waived appellate review of the district court’s order by failing
to
file
Mitchell
objections
has
now
to
filed
rehearing en banc.
the
a
magistrate
petition
judge’s
for
panel
recommendation.
rehearing
and
Upon review of the petition, we grant panel
rehearing, deny a certificate of appealability, and dismiss the
appeal.
The district court’s order is not appealable unless a
circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability.
28 U.S.C.
§ 2253(c)(1)(A)
(2006).
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).
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
constitutional claims is debatable or wrong.
assessment
of
the
Slack v. McDaniel,
529 U.S. 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
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petition
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procedural
states
a
constitutional right.
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ruling
is
debatable
debatable,
claim
of
and
the
that
denial
the
of
a
Slack, 529 U.S. at 484-85.
We have independently reviewed the record and conclude
that Mitchell has not made the requisite showing.
Accordingly,
we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal.
We
dispense
contentions
with
are
oral
argument
adequately
because
presented
in
the
facts
and
the
materials
legal
before
this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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