Rodriguez v. Angelone ( 2003 )

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 02-7194
JOSE JUAN RODRIGUEZ,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
RONALD J. ANGELONE, Director of the Virginia
Department of Corrections,
Respondent - Appellee.
No. 02-7559
JOSE JUAN RODRIGUEZ,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
RONALD J. ANGELONE, Director of the Virginia
Department of Corrections,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Jerome B. Friedman, District
Judge. (CA-01-900-2)
Submitted: March 18, 2003 Decided: March 26, 2003
Before WILLIAMS and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Jose Juan Rodriguez, Appellant Pro Se. Leah Ann Darron, Assistant
Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
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PER CURIAM:
Jose Juan Rodriguez seeks to appeal the district court’s order
accepting the magistrate judge’s recommendation to deny relief on
his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000) petition, as well as the court’s order
denying reconsideration. We have independently reviewed the record
and conclude that Rodriguez has not demonstrated that reasonable
jurists would find the district court’s assessment of his
constitutional claims, or the court’s procedural rulings, debatable
or wrong. See Miller-El v. Cockrell, U.S. , 2003 WL 431659,
at *10 (U.S. Feb. 25, 2003) (No. 01-7662); see also Slack v.
McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000). Accordingly, we deny a
certificate of appealability and dismiss these appeals. See 28
U.S.C. § 2253(c) (2000). 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
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