Roger Williams v. Shane Jackson ( 2023 )


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  • USCA4 Appeal: 23-6540      Doc: 11         Filed: 12/19/2023      Pg: 1 of 2
    UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 23-6540
    ROGER WILLIAMS,
    Petitioner - Appellant,
    v.
    WARDEN SHANE JACKSON, Warden of Lee Correctional Institution,
    Respondent - Appellee.
    Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Beaufort.
    Henry M. Herlong, Jr., Senior District Judge. (9:22-cv-03555-HMH)
    Submitted: December 14, 2023                                  Decided: December 19, 2023
    Before GREGORY and RUSHING, Circuit Judges, and MOTZ, Senior Circuit Judge.
    Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Clarence Rauch Wise, Greenwood, South Carolina, for Appellant.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
    USCA4 Appeal: 23-6540         Doc: 11       Filed: 12/19/2023      Pg: 2 of 2
    PER CURIAM:
    Roger Williams seeks to appeal the district court’s order accepting the
    recommendation of the magistrate judge and denying relief on Williams’ 
    28 U.S.C. § 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 the district court denies relief on the merits, a prisoner satisfies this
    standard by demonstrating that reasonable jurists could find the district court’s assessment
    of the constitutional claims debatable or wrong. See Buck v. Davis, 
    580 U.S. 100
    , 115-17
    (2017). 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. 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 that Williams 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: 23-6540

Filed Date: 12/19/2023

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 12/20/2023