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United States v. Bey

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Jun 6, 2012
474 F. App'x 100 (4th Cir. 2012)

Opinion

No. 12-6182

06-06-2012

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. SHARU BEY, a/k/a Jeffrey Lewis, Defendant - Appellant.

Sharu Bey, Appellant Pro Se. Amy Elizabeth Ray, Assistant United States Attorney, Asheville, North Carolina, for Appellee.


UNPUBLISHED

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Graham C. Mullen, Senior District Judge. (3:07-cr-00079-FDW-2; 3:11-cv-00566-GCM)

Before KING, DUNCAN, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Sharu Bey, Appellant Pro Se. Amy Elizabeth Ray, Assistant United States Attorney, Asheville, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

Sharu Bey seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp. 2011) 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 Bey 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

United States v. Bey

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Jun 6, 2012
474 F. App'x 100 (4th Cir. 2012)
Case details for

United States v. Bey

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. SHARU BEY, a/k/a…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Jun 6, 2012

Citations

474 F. App'x 100 (4th Cir. 2012)

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