Robert Miller, Jr. v. Warden BRCI
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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--denying Motion certificate of appealability (Local Rule 22(a)) [999545554-2] Originating case number: 1:14-cv-00483-RBH Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999638992]. Mailed to: Robert Miller. [15-6349]
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 15-6349
ROBERT JAMES MILLER, JR.,
Petitioner – Appellant,
v.
WARDEN, Broad River Correctional Institution,
Respondent – Appellee,
and
BRIAN STIRLING,
Corrections,
Director
South
Carolina
Department
of
Respondent.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Aiken.
R. Bryan Harwell, District Judge.
(1:14-cv-00483-RBH)
Submitted:
July 28, 2015
Decided:
August 12, 2015
Before SHEDD, DIAZ, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Robert James Miller, Jr., Appellant Pro Se.
James Anthony
Mabry, Assistant Attorney General, Donald John Zelenka, Senior
Assistant Attorney General, Columbia, South Carolina, for
Appellee.
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Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Robert
court’s
judge
James
order
and
Miller,
accepting
dismissing
without prejudice.
justice
or
Jr.,
the
his
seeks
to
appeal
recommendation
28
U.S.C.
§
of
2254
the
the
district
magistrate
(2012)
petition
judge
The order is not appealable unless a circuit
issues
a
certificate
U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) (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 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
Miller has not made the requisite showing.
Accordingly, we deny
Miller’s motion for a certificate of appealability and dismiss
the appeal.
We dispense with oral argument because the facts
and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials
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argument
would
not
aid
the
decisional
process.
DISMISSED
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