Xavier Shaw v. Carlton Joyner
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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed denying Motion to proceed in forma pauperis (FRAP 24) [999965054-2], denying certificate of appealability. Originating case number: 5:15-hc-02174-D. Copies to all parties and the district court. [1000026799]. Mailed to: Xavier Shaw. [16-7373]
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 16-7373
XAVIER HOSEA SHAW,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
CARLTON JOYNER; STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh.
James C. Dever, III,
Chief District Judge. (5:15-hc-02174-D)
Submitted:
February 16, 2017
Before GREGORY, Chief Judge,
HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Decided:
DUNCAN,
February 21, 2017
Circuit
Judge,
and
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Xavier Hosea Shaw, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Xavier
Hosea
Shaw
seeks
to
appeal
the
district
court’s
order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and
denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012) petition.
The
order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues
a
certificate
(2012).
of
appealability.
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.”
28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2) (2012).
relief
on
the
demonstrating
district
merits,
that
court’s
debatable
or
a
When the district court denies
prisoner
reasonable
assessment
wrong.
Slack
satisfies
jurists
this
would
of
the
v.
McDaniel,
standard
find
constitutional
529
U.S.
by
that
the
claims
is
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 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
Shaw has not made the requisite showing.
Accordingly, we deny a
certificate of appealability, deny leave to proceed in forma
pauperis,
and
dismiss
the
appeal.
We
dispense
with
oral
argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately
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presented in the materials before this court and argument would
not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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