James Reed, Jr. v. Bobby Shearin , 547 F. App'x 275 ( 2013 )


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  •                             UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 13-6900
    JAMES E. REED, JR., a/k/a James Bonnett,
    Petitioner - Appellant,
    v.
    Warden BOBBY P. SHEARIN,
    Respondent - Appellee.
    Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
    Maryland, at Baltimore.      James K. Bredar, District Judge.
    (1:13-cv-00091-JKB)
    Submitted:   November 22, 2013            Decided:   December 3, 2013
    Before SHEDD, DUNCAN, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.
    Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    James E. Reed, Jr., Appellant Pro Se.    Michael O’Connor Doyle,
    Assistant Attorney General, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
    PER CURIAM:
    James E. Reed, Jr., a state prisoner, seeks to appeal
    the district court’s order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C.A.
    § 2241 (West 2006 & Supp. 2013) petition.                          The order is not
    appealable      unless        a    circuit        justice    or     judge      issues      a
    certificate of appealability.                28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) (2006).
    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) (2006).                    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
    (2000); see Miller-El v. Cockrell, 
    537 U.S. 322
    , 336-38 (2003).
    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 Reed 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
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    contentions   are   adequately   presented   in   the   materials   before
    this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
    DISMISSED
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Document Info

Docket Number: 13-6900

Citation Numbers: 547 F. App'x 275

Judges: Shedd, Duncan, Wynn

Filed Date: 12/3/2013

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 11/6/2024