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United States v. Divine Shabazz, 15-7097 (2015)

Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Number: 15-7097 Visitors: 66
Filed: Nov. 23, 2015
Latest Update: Mar. 02, 2020
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 15-7097 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff – Appellee, v. DIVINE SHABAZZ, a/k/a Lamar Martin, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Richmond. Henry Coke Morgan, Jr., Senior District Judge. (3:00-cr-00344-HCM-3) Submitted: November 19, 2015 Decided: November 23, 2015 Before NIEMEYER, KING, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opin
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                            UNPUBLISHED

                  UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                      FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                            No. 15-7097


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                      Plaintiff – Appellee,

          v.

DIVINE SHABAZZ, a/k/a Lamar Martin,

                      Defendant - Appellant.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond.     Henry Coke Morgan, Jr.,
Senior District Judge. (3:00-cr-00344-HCM-3)


Submitted:   November 19, 2015            Decided:   November 23, 2015


Before NIEMEYER, KING, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Divine Shabazz, Appellant Pro Se. David Thomas Maguire,
Assistant United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for
Appellee.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

     Divine Shabazz seeks to appeal the district court’s order

denying his motion construed under Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e) and

60(b) 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).

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

Shabazz 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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