Roberts v. Green , 304 F. App'x 160 ( 2008 )


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  •                               UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 08-8109
    ROBERT D. ROBERTS,
    Petitioner - Appellant,
    v.
    KATHLEEN GREEN, Warden; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND,
    Respondents - Appellees.
    Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
    Maryland, at Greenbelt.      Alexander Williams, Jr., District
    Judge. (8:08-cv-01390-AW)
    Submitted:    December 11, 2008             Decided:   December 18, 2008
    Before NIEMEYER, DUNCAN, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.
    Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Robert D. Roberts, Appellant Pro Se. Edward John Kelley, OFFICE
    OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for
    Appellees.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
    PER CURIAM:
    Robert D. Roberts seeks to appeal the district court’s
    order dismissing without prejudice his 
    28 U.S.C. § 2254
     (2000)
    petition.     The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice
    or judge issues a certificate of appealability.                       See 
    28 U.S.C. § 2253
    (c)(1) (2000).          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)      (2000).        A
    prisoner     satisfies       this        standard      by     demonstrating         that
    reasonable    jurists       would    find      that    any     assessment      of     the
    constitutional      claims    by    the    district     court    is   debatable        or
    wrong and that any dispositive procedural ruling by the district
    court is likewise debatable.                See Miller-El v. Cockrell, 
    537 U.S. 322
    , 336-38 (2003); Slack v. McDaniel, 
    529 U.S. 473
    , 484
    (2000); Rose v. Lee, 
    252 F.3d 676
    , 683-84 (4th Cir. 2001).                             We
    have independently reviewed the record and conclude that Roberts
    has not made the requisite showing.                     Accordingly, we deny a
    certificate    of    appealability         and      dismiss    the    appeal.          We
    dispense     with    oral    argument       because      the    facts    and        legal
    contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the
    court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
    DISMISSED
    2
    

Document Info

Docket Number: 08-8109

Citation Numbers: 304 F. App'x 160

Judges: Niemeyer, Duncan, Agee

Filed Date: 12/18/2008

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 11/5/2024