United States v. Ingram ( 2009 )


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  •                               UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 09-7695
    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
    Plaintiff - Appellee,
    v.
    RICKY MCKINLEY INGRAM,
    Defendant - Appellant.
    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle
    District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. James A. Beaty, Jr.,
    Chief District Judge. (1:06-cr-00460-JAB-1)
    Submitted:    November 19, 2009             Decided:   December 4, 2009
    Before MOTZ, GREGORY, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
    Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Ricky McKinley Ingram, Appellant Pro Se.    David Paul Folmar,
    Jr., Angela Hewlett Miller, Assistant United States Attorneys,
    Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
    PER CURIAM:
    Ricky     McKinley       Ingram      seeks    to    appeal      the       district
    court’s    order       accepting      the    recommendation            of    the    magistrate
    judge and denying relief on his 
    28 U.S.C.A. § 2255
     (West Supp.
    2009) motion.           The order is not appealable unless a circuit
    justice    or    judge    issues       a    certificate      of    appealability.                  
    28 U.S.C. § 2253
    (c)(1) (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).             A
    prisoner        satisfies       this        standard        by    demonstrating               that
    reasonable       jurists       would       find    that     any    assessment            of     the
    constitutional         claims    by    the    district       court      is    debatable            or
    wrong and that any dispositive procedural ruling by the district
    court is likewise debatable.                  Miller-El v. Cockrell, 
    537 U.S. 322
    , 336-38 (2003); Slack v. McDaniel, 
    529 U.S. 473
    , 484 (2000);
    Rose v. Lee, 
    252 F.3d 676
    , 683-84 (4th Cir. 2001).                                       We have
    independently reviewed the record and conclude that Ingram 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
    contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the
    court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
    DISMISSED
    2
    

Document Info

Docket Number: 09-7695

Filed Date: 12/4/2009

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 10/30/2014