United States v. Dwayne Coe , 556 F. App'x 180 ( 2013 )


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  •                             UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 13-6977
    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
    Plaintiff – Appellee,
    v.
    DWAYNE EDWARD COE,
    Defendant - Appellant.
    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
    District of North Carolina, at Statesville.        Richard L.
    Voorhees,    District  Judge.        (5:06-cr-00037-RLV-DCK-5;
    5:10-cv-00105-RLV)
    Submitted:   December 19, 2013            Decided:   December 23, 2013
    Before SHEDD, DAVIS, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.
    Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Dwayne Edward Coe, Appellant Pro Se. Amy Elizabeth Ray,
    Assistant United States Attorney, Asheville, North Carolina;
    Melissa   Louise  Rikard,   Assistant  United   States Attorney,
    Charlotte, North Carolina; Gretchen C.F. Shappert, UNITED STATES
    DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
    PER CURIAM:
    Dwayne Edward Coe seeks to appeal the district court’s
    order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp. 2013)
    motion.    The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or
    judge     issues     a    certificate      of    appealability.           28     U.S.C.
    § 2253(c)(1)(B) (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 motion 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 Coe has not made the requisite showing.                         Accordingly, we
    deny Coe’s motion for 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
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    before   this   court   and   argument   would   not   aid   the   decisional
    process.
    DISMISSED
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Document Info

Docket Number: 13-6977

Citation Numbers: 556 F. App'x 180

Filed Date: 12/23/2013

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 4/18/2021