Roman Perdono v. Department of Public Safety ( 2023 )


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  • USCA4 Appeal: 23-6873      Doc: 9         Filed: 12/07/2023    Pg: 1 of 2
    UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 23-6873
    ROMAN DALACIO PERDONO,
    Petitioner - Appellant,
    v.
    DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY,
    Respondent - Appellee.
    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at
    Raleigh. Louise W. Flanagan, District Judge. (5:23-hc-02007-FL)
    Submitted: November 13, 2023                                  Decided: December 7, 2023
    Before GREGORY and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.
    Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Roman Dalacio Perdono, Appellant Pro Se.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
    USCA4 Appeal: 23-6873         Doc: 9      Filed: 12/07/2023     Pg: 2 of 2
    PER CURIAM:
    Roman Dalacio Perdono seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing his 
    28 U.S.C. § 2254
     petition as an unauthorized, successive § 2254 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). 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). When, as here,
    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. Gonzalez v. Thaler, 
    565 U.S. 134
    , 140-41
    (2012) (citing Slack v. McDaniel, 
    529 U.S. 473
    , 484 (2000)).
    We have independently reviewed the record and conclude Perdono 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 this court and argument would not aid the
    decisional process.
    DISMISSED
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Document Info

Docket Number: 23-6873

Filed Date: 12/7/2023

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 12/8/2023