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United States v. McKiver

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Jan 3, 2019
No. 18-6863 (4th Cir. Jan. 3, 2019)

Opinion

No. 18-6863

01-03-2019

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. JERMAINE LATIMER MCKIVER, Defendant - Appellant.

Jermaine Latimer McKiver, Appellant Pro Se.


UNPUBLISHED

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. William L. Osteen, Jr., District Judge. (1:12-cr-00071-WO-1) Before KEENAN and RICHARDSON, Circuit Judges, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Jermaine Latimer McKiver, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:

Jermaine Latimer McKiver seeks to appeal the district court's order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and denying McKiver's Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) motion for reconsideration of the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B) (2012); Reid v. Angelone, 369 F.3d 363, 369 (4th Cir. 2004), abrogated in part by United States v. McRae, 793 F.3d 392, 400 & n.7 (4th Cir. 2015). 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) (2012). When the district court denies relief on the merits, a prisoner satisfies this standard by demonstrating that reasonable jurists would find that the district court's 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). When the district court denies relief on procedural grounds, the prisoner must demonstrate both that the dispositive procedural 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 McKiver 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


Summaries of

United States v. McKiver

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Jan 3, 2019
No. 18-6863 (4th Cir. Jan. 3, 2019)
Case details for

United States v. McKiver

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. JERMAINE LATIMER…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Jan 3, 2019

Citations

No. 18-6863 (4th Cir. Jan. 3, 2019)

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