US v. Cleve Johnson
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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:08-cr-00233-TDS-1,1:12-cv-00571-TDS-JLW Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [1000054276]. Mailed to: Cleve Johnson. [16-6469]
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 16-6469
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff – Appellee,
v.
CLEVE ALEXANDER JOHNSON, a/k/a Cuz,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle
District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. Thomas D. Schroeder,
District Judge. (1:08-cr-00233-TDS-1; 1:12-cv-00571-TDS-JLW)
Submitted:
March 30, 2017
Decided:
April 3, 2017
Before TRAXLER and WYNN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Harvey Alexander Carpenter, IV, LAW OFFICES OF H.A. CARPENTER
IV, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellant. Joan Brodish
Childs, Sandra Jane Hairston, Robert Michael Hamilton, Angela
Hewlett Miller, Assistant United States Attorneys, Randall
Stuart Galyon, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Greensboro,
North Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Cleve
court’s
Alexander
order
Johnson
accepting
the
seeks
to
appeal
recommendation
of
the
the
district
magistrate
judge and denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion.
The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge
issues
a
certificate
§ 2253(c)(1)(B) (2012).
issue
absent
“a
of
appealability.
U.S.C.
A certificate of appealability will not
substantial
constitutional right.”
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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 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
Johnson has not made the requisite showing.
Accordingly, we
deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal.
dispense
with
oral
argument
because
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the
facts
and
We
legal
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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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