Donna J. Hockman v. Phyllis Baskerville
Filing
UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--denying Motion to proceed in forma pauperis (FRAP 24) [1000025067-2], denying Motion to proceed in forma pauperis (FRAP 24) [1000018907-2] Originating case number: 7:13-cv-00240-MFU-RSB Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [1000055425]. Mailed to: Hockman. [17-6027]
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 17-6027
DONNA J. HOCKMAN,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
PHYLLIS BASKERVILLE,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of Virginia, at Roanoke. Michael F. Urbanski, District
Judge. (7:13-cv-00240-MFU-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Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Donna J. Hockman, Appellant Pro Se.
Senior Assistant Attorney General,
Appellee.
Virginia Bidwell Theisen,
Richmond, Virginia, for
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Donna J. Hockman seeks to appeal the district court’s order
denying her Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) motion for reconsideration of
the
district
court’s
order
§ 2254 (2012) petition.
denying
relief
on
her
28
U.S.C.
The order is not appealable unless a
circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability.
28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) (2012); Reid v. Angelone, 369 F.3d
363, 369 (4th Cir. 2004).
not
issue
absent
“a
constitutional right.”
A certificate of appealability will
substantial
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 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
Hockman has not made the requisite showing.
Accordingly, we
deny a certificate of appealability, deny leave to proceed in
forma pauperis, and dismiss the appeal.
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We dispense with oral
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argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately
presented in the materials before this court and argument would
not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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