US v. Ivan Stevenson
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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 5:93-cr-30025-JPJ-3,5:14-cv-80740-JPJ-RSB Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999479816]. Mailed to: Ivan Stevenson. [14-7109]
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 14-7109
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
IVAN JULIAN STEVENSON, a/k/a Ike, a/k/a Isaac,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of Virginia, at Harrisonburg. James P. Jones, District
Judge. (5:93-cr-30025-JPJ-3; 5:14-cv-80740-JPJ-RSB)
Submitted:
November 18, 2014
Decided:
November 21, 2014
Before NIEMEYER, MOTZ, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Ivan Julian Stevenson, Appellant Pro Se.
Timothy J. Heaphy,
United States Attorney, Roanoke, Virginia; Jean Barrett Hudson,
Assistant United States Attorney, Charlottesville, Virginia, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Ivan
court’s
order
Julian
dismissing
(2012) motion.
justice
or
Stevenson
as
seeks
to
successive
appeal
his
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the
district
U.S.C.
§ 2255
The order is not appealable unless a circuit
judge
issues
a
certificate
U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B) (2012).
of
appealability.
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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) (2012).
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 assessment of the constitutional
claims is debatable or wrong.
Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473,
484
Cockrell,
(2000);
(2003).
see
Miller-El
v.
537
U.S.
322,
336-38
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 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 Stevenson has not made the requisite showing.
Accordingly,
we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal.
We
dispense
with
oral
argument
2
because
the
facts
and
legal
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contentions
are
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presented
in
the
materials
before
this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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