James Brandon, Jr. v. Eric Wilson

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--denying Motion to proceed in forma pauperis (FRAP 24) [999301699-2] Originating case number: 1:13-cv-01324-CMH-JFA Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999368138]. Mailed to: James Brandon, Jr.. [14-6146]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-6146

JAMES EDWARD BRANDON, JR.,
Petitioner – Appellant,
v.
ERIC WILSON, Warden,
Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria.
Claude M. Hilton, Senior
District Judge. (1:13-cv-01324-CMH-JFA)

Submitted:

May 29, 2014

Decided:

June 3, 2014

Before SHEDD, WYNN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

James Edward Brandon, Jr., Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
James

Edward

Brandon,

Jr.,

seeks

to

appeal

the

district court’s order construing his filing as a successive 28
U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion and dismissing it.
appealable

unless

a

circuit

certificate of appealability.
A

certificate

of

justice

The order is not

or

judge

issues

a

28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B) (2012).

appealability

will

not

issue

absent

“a

substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.”
28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2) (2012).
relief

on

the

demonstrating
district

merits,
that

court’s

debatable

or

a

When the district court denies

prisoner

reasonable

assessment

wrong.

Slack

satisfies

jurists

this

would

of

the

v.

McDaniel,

standard

find

U.S.

that

the

claims

constitutional
529

by

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

motion

states

claim of the denial of a constitutional right.

a

debatable

Slack, 529 U.S.

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

Accordingly,

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

We dispense with oral

argument because the facts and legal contentions 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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