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United States v. Rodney Stewart, 4th Cir. (2012)

This document summarizes a United States Court of Appeals case. Rodney Stewart appealed the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion. The appellate court must issue a certificate of appealability for the appeal to proceed. The court independently reviewed the record and determined that Stewart did not make the requisite showing to receive a certificate. As a result, the court dismissed the appeal.

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United States v. Rodney Stewart, 4th Cir. (2012)

This document summarizes a United States Court of Appeals case. Rodney Stewart appealed the district court's denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion. The appellate court must issue a certificate of appealability for the appeal to proceed. The court independently reviewed the record and determined that Stewart did not make the requisite showing to receive a certificate. As a result, the court dismissed the appeal.

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS


FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 11-7488

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,


Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
RODNEY EDWARD STEWART,
Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of Virginia, at Abingdon.
James P. Jones, District
Judge. (1:06-cr-00046-JPJ-1; 1:10-cv-80213-JPJ)

Submitted:

March 5, 2012

Decided:

March 16, 2012

Before GREGORY, DUNCAN, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Rodney Edward Stewart, Appellant Pro Se. Jennifer R. Bockhorst,


Assistant United States Attorney, Abingdon, Virginia, for
Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM:
Rodney

Edward

Stewart

seeks

to

appeal

the

district

courts order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C.A. 2255 (West


Supp.

2011)

motion.

The

order

is

not

appealable

unless

circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability.


28

U.S.C.

2253(c)(1)(B)

(2006).

certificate

of

appealability will not issue absent a substantial showing of


the denial of a constitutional right.
(2006).

28 U.S.C. 2253(c)(2)

When the district court denies relief on the merits, a

prisoner

satisfies

this

jurists

would

reasonable

standard
find

by

that

demonstrating

the

district

that

courts

assessment of the constitutional claims is debatable or wrong.


Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); see Miller-El v.
Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336-38 (2003).
denies

relief

demonstrate

on

both

procedural

that

the

When the district court

grounds,

dispositive

the

prisoner

procedural

must

ruling

is

debatable, and that the motion states a debatable claim of the


denial of a constitutional right.

Slack, 529 U.S. at 484-85.

We have independently reviewed the record and conclude


that Stewart 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

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