Gregory Leon Hammer v. Sheriff Bryan Hutcheson
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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--denying Motion to proceed in forma pauperis (FRAP 24) [999976012-2] Originating case number: 7:16-cv-00499-JLK-RSB Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [1000055224]. Mailed to: Gregory Leon Hammer ROCKINGHAM-HARRISONBURG REGIONAL JAIL 25 South Liberty Street Harrisonburg, VA 22801-3714. [16-7579]
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 16-7579
GREGORY LEON HAMMER,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
SHERIFF BRYAN HUTCHESON,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of Virginia, at Roanoke.
Jackson L. Kiser, Senior
District Judge. (7:16-cv-00499-JLK-RSB)
Submitted:
March 30, 2017
Decided:
April 4, 2017
Before TRAXLER and WYNN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Gregory Leon Hammer, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Gregory Leon Hammer, a state prisoner, seeks to appeal the
district court’s order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2241
(2012) petition.
The order is not appealable unless a circuit
justice
issues
or
judge
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
Hammer 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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