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United States v. Granger, 08-7661 (2009)

Court: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Number: 08-7661 Visitors: 32
Filed: Feb. 24, 2009
Latest Update: Mar. 28, 2017
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 08-7661 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. TRAVIS SENTEL GRANGER, a/k/a Wacko, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Rebecca Beach Smith, District Judge. (2:06-cr-00046-RBS-JEB-2; 2:08-cv-00051-RBS) Submitted: February 19, 2009 Decided: February 24, 2009 Before WILKINSON, DUNCAN, and AGEE, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished pe
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                              UNPUBLISHED

                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                        FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT


                              No. 08-7661


UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                  Plaintiff - Appellee,

             v.

TRAVIS SENTEL GRANGER, a/k/a Wacko,

                  Defendant - Appellant.



Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Rebecca Beach Smith, District
Judge. (2:06-cr-00046-RBS-JEB-2; 2:08-cv-00051-RBS)


Submitted:    February 19, 2009            Decided:   February 24, 2009


Before WILKINSON, DUNCAN, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.


Travis Sentel Granger, Appellant Pro Se. Darryl James Mitchell,
Assistant  United   States  Attorney,  Norfolk,  Virginia,  for
Appellee.


Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

               Travis    Sentel     Granger        seeks    to    appeal   the    district

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

Supp.    2008)    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 Granger 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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