Gregory Cooper v. Kathleen Green
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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:14-cv-01855-RDB Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999549273]. Mailed to: Gregory Cooper. [14-7560]
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 14-7560
GREGORY VAN COOPER,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
WARDEN KATHLEEN GREEN; THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND,
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore.
Richard D. Bennett, District Judge.
(1:14-cv-01855-RDB)
Submitted:
March 17, 2015
Decided:
March 19, 2015
Before WILKINSON and KING, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Gregory Van Cooper, Appellant Pro Se.
Edward John Kelley,
OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland,
for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Gregory Van Cooper seeks to appeal the district court’s
order
dismissing
petition.
or
judge
as
untimely
28
U.S.C.
§ 2254
(2012)
The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice
issues
a
certificate
§ 2253(c)(1)(A) (2012).
issue
his
absent
“a
appealability.
28
U.S.C.
A certificate of appealability will not
substantial
constitutional right.”
of
showing
of
the
denial
28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2) (2012).
of
a
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 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
Cooper has not made the requisite showing.
a
certificate
dispense
with
of
appealability
oral
argument
and
dismiss
because
2
Accordingly, we deny
the
the
appeal.
facts
and
We
legal
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presented
in
the
materials
before
this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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