US v. Willie McCain

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case numbers: 4:05-cr-00011-JLK-1,4:13-cv-80678-JLK-RSB. Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999304290]. Mailed to: Willie McCain. [13-7987]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 13-7987

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
WILLIE JUNIOR MCCAIN,
Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of Virginia, at Danville.
Jackson L. Kiser, Senior
District Judge. (4:05-cr-00011-JLK-1; 4:13-cv-80678-JLK-RSB)

Submitted:

February 20, 2014

Decided:

February 26, 2014

Before DUNCAN, DIAZ, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Willie Junior McCain, Appellant Pro Se.
Donald Ray Wolthuis,
Assistant
United
States
Attorney,
Roanoke,
Virginia,
for
Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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Junior

seeks

PER CURIAM:
Willie

McCain

to

court’s order dismissing his 28 U.S.C.
successive and unauthorized.
a

circuit

justice

appealability.

or

28 U.S.C.

appeal

the

district

2255 (2012) motion as

The order is not appealable unless
judge

issues

a

certificate

2253(c)(1)(B) (2012).

of

A certificate

of appealability will not issue absent “a substantial showing of
the denial of a constitutional right.”
(2012).

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 McCain 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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are

adequately

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presented

in

the

materials

before

this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

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