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U.S. v. Byrd

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Jul 6, 2011
437 F. App'x 275 (4th Cir. 2011)

Opinion

No. 11-6391.

Submitted: June 30, 2011.

Decided: July 6, 2011.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Graham C. Mullen, Senior District Judge (3:03-cr-00067-GCM-DCK-1; 3:08-cv-00257-GCM).

Before WILKINSON, DUNCAN, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Lewis Moses Byrd, Appellant Pro Se. Amy Elizabeth Ray, Assistant United States Attorney, Asheville, North Carolina, for Appellee.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.


Lewis Moses Byrd seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp. 2010) 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) (2006). 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) (2006). 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 Byrd 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


Summaries of

U.S. v. Byrd

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Jul 6, 2011
437 F. App'x 275 (4th Cir. 2011)
Case details for

U.S. v. Byrd

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LEWIS MOSES BYRD…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Date published: Jul 6, 2011

Citations

437 F. App'x 275 (4th Cir. 2011)

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