UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 04-6137
DONNAE C. REEDY,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
JON P. GALLEY, Warden; J. JOSEPH CURRAN, JR.,
the Attorney General of the State of Maryland,
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. William D. Quarles, Jr., District Judge.
(CA-03-3141-1-WDQ)
Submitted: April 29, 2004 Decided: May 21, 2004
Before LUTTIG, WILLIAMS, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Donnae C. Reedy, Appellant Pro Se. Mary Ann Rapp Ince, OFFICE OF
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF MARYLAND, Baltimore, Maryland, for
Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Donnae C. Reedy seeks to appeal the district court’s
order and order on reconsideration dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2254
(2000) petition. Reedy cannot appeal these orders unless a circuit
judge or justice issues a certificate of appealability, and 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) (2000). A habeas appellant meets this standard by
demonstrating that reasonable jurists would find that his
constitutional claims are debatable and that any dispositive
procedural rulings by the district court are also debatable or
wrong. See Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 326 (2003); Slack
v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); Rose v. Lee, 252 F.3d 676,
683 (4th Cir. 2001). We have independently reviewed the record and
conclude Reedy has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we
deny Reedy’s motion for appointment of counsel, 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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