Emmett Nall v. Warden Cartledge

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 6:12-cv-02375-JFA. Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999181210]. Mailed to: Emmett Nall. [13-6997]

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Appeal: 13-6997 Doc: 5 Filed: 08/27/2013 Pg: 1 of 3 UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 13-6997 EMMETT RAY NALL, Petitioner - Appellant, v. WARDEN CARTLEDGE, Respondent - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Greenville. Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., District Judge. (6:12-cv-02375-JFA) Submitted: August 20, 2013 Decided: August 27, 2013 Before MOTZ, SHEDD, and WYNN, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Emmett Ray Nall, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. Appeal: 13-6997 Doc: 5 Filed: 08/27/2013 Pg: 2 of 3 PER CURIAM: Emmett Ray Nall, a state prisoner, seeks to appeal the district court’s order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and denying relief on his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2241 (West 2006 & Supp. 2013) petition. unless a circuit appealability. justice or The order is not appealable judge issues a 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) (2006). certificate 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 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 Nall 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 Appeal: 13-6997 Doc: 5 contentions Filed: 08/27/2013 are adequately Pg: 3 of 3 presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process. DISMISSED 3

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