Sherinette Wannamaker v. Warden

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--granting Motion to proceed in forma pauperis (FRAP 24) [999505457-2] Originating case number: 9:13-cv-02934-TLW Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999643129]. Mailed to: Wannamaker. [14-7844]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-7844

SHERINETTE WANNAMAKER, a/k/a Sheri Wannamaker,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
WARDEN, Graham Correctional Institution, Camille Griffin,
Respondent - Appellee,
and
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Respondent.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Beaufort.
Terry L. Wooten, Chief District
Judge. (9:13-cv-02934-TLW)

Submitted:

April 30, 2015

Before MOTZ and
Circuit Judge.

GREGORY,

Decided:

Circuit

Judges,

and

August 19, 2015

DAVIS,

Senior

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Sherinette Wannamaker, Appellant Pro Se.
Donald John Zelenka,
Senior Assistant Attorney General, Melody Jane Brown, John
William McIntosh, Assistant Attorneys General, Alan Wilson,

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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
South Carolina, for Appellee.

OF

SOUTH

CAROLINA,

Columbia,

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Sherinette

Wannamaker

appeals

the

district

court’s

dismissing her 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012) petition.

order

We previously

granted a certificate of appealability on the issue of whether
Wannamaker’s
denied

a

due

new

process

trial.

rights

The

were

violated

Respondent

has

after

filed

an

she

was

informal

response brief addressing this claim, and Wannamaker has filed a
reply brief.
After

reviewing

the

parties’

filings

and

the

record

on

appeal, we conclude that Wannamaker’s claim is not cognizable on
federal habeas review.
717 (4th Cir. 2008).

See Lawrence v. Branker, 517 F.3d 700,
Accordingly, although we grant Wannamaker

leave to proceed in forma pauperis, we dismiss the claim for
which we granted a certificate of appealability.
Wannamaker’s

remaining

appealability

and

dispense

with

contentions

are

claims,

dismiss

oral

that

argument

adequately

we

deny

portion
because

presented

in

a

of
the
the

With regard to
certificate

the

appeal.

facts

of
We

and

legal

materials

before

this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

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