Chauncey Hill v. Gregg Hershberger , 547 F. App'x 338 ( 2013 )


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  •                             UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 13-7133
    CHAUNCEY ANTONIO HILL,
    Petitioner - Appellant,
    v.
    GREGG L. HERSHBERGER; THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF
    MARYLAND,
    Respondents - Appellees.
    Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
    Maryland, at Greenbelt.     Peter J. Messitte, Senior District
    Judge. (8:12-cv-02386-PJM)
    Submitted:   November 26, 2013             Decided:   December 5, 2013
    Before DAVIS, KEENAN, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.
    Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Chauncey Antonio Hill, 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    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
    Chauncey    Antonio    Hill           seeks    to       appeal    the   district
    court’s    order     denying    relief         on     his    
    28 U.S.C. § 2254
        (2006)
    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)(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 Hill has not made the requisite showing.                                  Accordingly, we
    deny    Hill’s     motions     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
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    materials   before   this   court   and   argument   would   not    aid   the
    decisional process.
    DISMISSED
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Document Info

Docket Number: 13-7133

Citation Numbers: 547 F. App'x 338

Judges: Davis, Keenan, Diaz

Filed Date: 12/5/2013

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 11/6/2024