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United States v. Anderson, 09-7305 (2010)

Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Number: 09-7305 Visitors: 17
Filed: Feb. 08, 2010
Latest Update: Mar. 28, 2017
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 09-7305 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff – Appellee, v. GARFIELD ANTHONY ANDERSON, a/k/a James McDonald, Defendant – Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Fox, Senior District Judge. (7:02-cr-00070-F-1; 7:06-cv-00112-F) Submitted: January 14, 2010 Decided: February 8, 2010 Before MICHAEL and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit
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                              UNPUBLISHED

                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                        FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                              No. 09-7305


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                  Plaintiff – Appellee,

             v.

GARFIELD ANTHONY ANDERSON, a/k/a James McDonald,

                  Defendant – Appellant.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh.    James C. Fox, Senior
District Judge. (7:02-cr-00070-F-1; 7:06-cv-00112-F)


Submitted:    January 14, 2010              Decided:   February 8, 2010


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


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Garfield Anthony Anderson, Appellant Pro Se.   Anne Margaret
Hayes,   Assistant  United States  Attorney, Raleigh,  North
Carolina, for Appellee.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:

               Garfield Anthony Anderson seeks to appeal the district

court’s order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West

Supp.    2009)    motion.        The     order      is   not    appealable      unless     a

circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability.

28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1) (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).         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.                  Miller-El v. Cockrell, 
537 U.S. 322
, 336-38 (2003); Slack v. McDaniel, 
529 U.S. 473
, 484 (2000);

Rose v. Lee, 
252 F.3d 676
, 683-84 (4th Cir. 2001).                               We have

independently reviewed the record and conclude that Anderson 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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