United States v. Boice , 301 F. App'x 202 ( 2008 )


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  •                               UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 08-7205
    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
    Plaintiff - Appellee,
    v.
    PHILLIP GERMAINE BOICE,
    Defendant - Appellant.
    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
    District of North Carolina, at Raleigh.      Malcolm J. Howard,
    Senior District Judge. (5:05-cr-00126-H-1; 5:07-cv-00177-H)
    Submitted:    November 20, 2008             Decided:   December 1, 2008
    Before MOTZ and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
    Circuit Judge.
    Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Phillip Germaine Boice, Appellant Pro Se.    Steve R. Matheny,
    Assistant United States Attorney, Kelly Michele Perry, Raleigh,
    North Carolina, for Appellee.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
    PER CURIAM:
    Phillip Germaine Boice seeks to appeal the district
    court’s    order       denying    relief       on   his     
    28 U.S.C. § 2255
        (2000)
    motion.        The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or
    judge     issues       a    certificate        of    appealability.              
    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.                   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 Boice 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: 08-7205

Citation Numbers: 301 F. App'x 202

Filed Date: 12/1/2008

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 4/18/2021