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Green v. Robinson

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Dec 27, 2007
260 F. App'x 557 (4th Cir. 2007)

Opinion

No. 07-7067.

Submitted December 20, 2007.

Decided December 27, 2007.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Claude M. Hilton, Senior District Judge. (1:06-cv-01154-CMH).

Elton Timothy Green, Appellant Pro Se. Donald Eldridge Jeffrey, III, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.

Before MICHAEL and KING, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.


Elton Timothy Green seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000) 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) (2000). 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) (2000). A prisoner satisfies this standard by demonstrating that reasonable jurists would find that any assessment of the constitutional claims by the district court is debatable or wrong and that any dispositive procedural ruling by the district court is likewise debatable. See Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336-38, 123 S.Ct. 1029, 154 L.Ed.2d 931 (2003); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484, 120 S.Ct. 1595, 146 L.Ed.2d 542 (2000); Rose v. Lee, 252 F.3d 676, 683-84 (4th Cir. 2001). We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that Green has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny Green's motion for appointment of counsel, 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


Summaries of

Green v. Robinson

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Dec 27, 2007
260 F. App'x 557 (4th Cir. 2007)
Case details for

Green v. Robinson

Case Details

Full title:Elton Timothy GREEN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. A.D. ROBINSON, Warden…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Date published: Dec 27, 2007

Citations

260 F. App'x 557 (4th Cir. 2007)