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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 04-7096 EMIAH ANDERSON, JR., Petitioner - Appellant, versus E. RICHARD BAZZELL, Warden of Perry Correctional Institution; HENRY DARGAN MCMASTER, Attorney General of South Carolina, Respondents - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Rock Hill. Henry F. Floyd, District Judge. (CA-03-2038) Submitted: November 19, 2004 Decided: December 20, 2004 Before WILLIAMS, MOTZ, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Emiah Anderson, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Donald John Zelenka, Chief Deputy Attorney General, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). PER CURIAM: Emiah Anderson, Jr., a state prisoner, seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying relief on his petition filed under
28 U.S.C. § 2254(2000). The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability.
28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1) (2000). 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) (2000). A prisoner satisfies this standard by demonstrating that reasonable jurists would find that his constitutional claims are debatable and that any dispositive procedural rulings by the district court are also debatable or wrong. See Miller-El v. Cockrell,
537 U.S. 322, 336 (2003); Slack v. McDaniel,
529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); Rose v. Lee,
252 F.3d 676, 683 (4th Cir. 2001). We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that Anderson 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: 04-7096
Citation Numbers: 115 F. App'x 176
Judges: Williams, Motz, Duncan
Filed Date: 12/20/2004
Precedential Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 11/5/2024