Michael Jones v. Mary Locklear ( 2024 )


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  • USCA4 Appeal: 24-6733      Doc: 10         Filed: 11/22/2024     Pg: 1 of 2
    UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 24-6733
    MICHAEL CONTREZ JONES,
    Petitioner - Appellant,
    v.
    WARDEN MARY LOCKLEAR,
    Respondent - Appellee.
    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at
    Raleigh. Terrence W. Boyle, District Judge. (5:24-hc-02110-BO-RJ)
    Submitted: November 19, 2024                                Decided: November 22, 2024
    Before QUATTLEBAUM, RUSHING, and BENJAMIN, Circuit Judges.
    Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Michael Contrez Jones, Appellant Pro Se.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
    USCA4 Appeal: 24-6733      Doc: 10         Filed: 11/22/2024      Pg: 2 of 2
    PER CURIAM:
    Michael Contrez Jones seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing his 
    28 U.S.C. § 2254
     petition as successive and unauthorized. 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 that Jones has not made
    the requisite showing.     Accordingly, we deny Jones’s motion for 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: 24-6733

Filed Date: 11/22/2024

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 11/26/2024