Trudy Rueda v. Harold Clarke
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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:14-cv-00699-LMB-IDD. Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999607355]. [15-6422]
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 15-6422
TRUDY ELIANA MUNOZ RUEDA,
Petitioner – Appellant,
v.
HAROLD
W.
CLARKE,
Corrections,
Director,
Virginia
Department
of
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Leonie M. Brinkema, District
Judge. (1:14-cv-00699-LMB-IDD)
Submitted:
June 18, 2015
Decided:
June 23, 2015
Before SHEDD, DUNCAN, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Jonathan P. Sheldon, SHELDON, FLOOD & HAYWOOD, PLC, Fairfax,
Virginia, for Appellant. Rosemary Virginia Bourne, OFFICE OF THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Trudy Eliana Munoz Rueda seeks to appeal the district court’s
order denying relief on her 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012) petition.
The
order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues
a certificate of appealability.
(2012).
See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A)
A certificate of appealability will not issue absent “a
substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.”
U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2) (2012).
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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 (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
petition
states
constitutional right.
a
debatable
claim
of
the
denial
of
a
Slack, 529 U.S. at 484-85.
We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that
Rueda has not made the requisite showing.
Accordingly, we deny a
certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal.
with
oral
argument
because
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the
facts
We dispense
and
legal
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contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this
court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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