Brooks v. Ray , 114 F. App'x 108 ( 2004 )


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  •                               UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 04-7330
    MAURICE PAUL BROOKS,
    Petitioner - Appellant,
    versus
    TRACY   RAY,     Warden,   Augusta   Correctional
    Center,
    Respondent - Appellee.
    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
    District of Virginia, at Roanoke. James C. Turk, Senior District
    Judge. (CA-04-131-7)
    Submitted:     November 18, 2004            Decided:   December 1, 2004
    Before LUTTIG and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
    Circuit Judge.
    Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Maurice Paul Brooks, Appellant Pro Se. John H. McLees, Jr., OFFICE
    OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA, Richmond, Virginia, for
    Appellee.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
    See Local Rule 36(c).
    PER CURIAM:
    Maurice Paul Brooks appeals from the dismissal of his
    
    28 U.S.C. § 2254
     (2000) petition as untimely filed.      An appeal may
    not be taken to this court from the final order in a § 2254
    proceeding 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 jurists of
    reason would find that his constitutional claims are debatable and
    that any dispositive procedural rulings by the district court are
    also debatable or wrong.   See Miller-El v. Cockrell, 
    537 U.S. 322
    ,
    336 (2003); Slack v. McDaniel, 
    529 U.S. 473
    , 484 (2000); Rose v.
    Lee, 
    252 F.3d 676
    , 683 (4th Cir. 2001).
    We have reviewed the record and conclude that Brooks has
    not made the requisite showing.    We, therefore, 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 in the decisional process.
    DISMISSED
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Document Info

Docket Number: 04-7330

Citation Numbers: 114 F. App'x 108

Judges: Luttig, Gregory, Hamilton

Filed Date: 12/1/2004

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 11/5/2024