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U.S. v. Galvez-Delcid

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Mar 14, 2011
416 F. App'x 267 (4th Cir. 2011)

Opinion

No. 10-6184.

Submitted: February 25, 2011.

Decided: March 14, 2011.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt. Alexander Williams, Jr., District Judge. (8:09-cv-02317-AW; 8:07-cr-00265-AW-4).

Virgilio Arnoldo Galvez-Del Cid, Appellant Pro Se. Andrea L. Smith, Office of the United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

Before DUNCAN, DAVIS, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.


Virgilio Arnoldo Galvez-Del Cid seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp. 2010) 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). 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, 120 S.Ct. 1595, 146 L.Ed.2d 542 (2000); see MillerEl v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336-38, 123 S.Ct. 1029, 154 L.Ed.2d 931 (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, 120 S.Ct. 1595. We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that Galvez-Del Cid 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

U.S. v. Galvez-Delcid

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Mar 14, 2011
416 F. App'x 267 (4th Cir. 2011)
Case details for

U.S. v. Galvez-Delcid

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Virgilio Arnoldo…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Date published: Mar 14, 2011

Citations

416 F. App'x 267 (4th Cir. 2011)