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United States v. Jesus Campos, 13-6489 (2013)

Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Number: 13-6489 Visitors: 25
Filed: Sep. 03, 2013
Latest Update: Feb. 12, 2020
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 13-6489 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. JESUS GUTIERREZ CAMPOS, a/k/a Juan Campos, a/k/a Pelon, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Anthony John Trenga, District Judge. (1:09-cr-00496-AJT-2) Submitted: August 29, 2013 Decided: September 3, 2013 Before DUNCAN, AGEE, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per cur
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                               UNPUBLISHED

                  UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                      FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                               No. 13-6489


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                Plaintiff - Appellee,

          v.

JESUS GUTIERREZ CAMPOS, a/k/a Juan Campos, a/k/a Pelon,

                Defendant - Appellant.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria.    Anthony John Trenga,
District Judge. (1:09-cr-00496-AJT-2)


Submitted:   August 29, 2013                 Decided: September 3, 2013


Before DUNCAN, AGEE, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Jesus Gutierrez Campos, Appellant Pro Se. Daniel Joseph Grooms,
III, Assistant United States Attorney, Stacy Bogert, Mysti Dawn
Degani, Karen Dunn, Yael Epstein, Elizabeth T. Rawlings, OFFICE
OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Alexandria, Virginia, for
Appellee.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

            Jesus Gutierrez Campos seeks to appeal the district

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

Supp.    2013)    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 Campos 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




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contentions   are   adequately   presented   in   the   materials   before

this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.



                                                               DISMISSED




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