UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 04-8024
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
TRAVIS DWAINE CORLEY,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Aiken. Patrick Michael Duffy, District Judge.
(CR-02-963; CA-04-83-1-23)
Submitted: June 20, 2005 Decided: June 27, 2005
Before WILKINSON and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Travis Dwaine Corley, Appellant Pro Se. Jane Barrett Taylor,
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Columbia, South Carolina, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Travis Dwaine Corley seeks to appeal the district court’s
orders denying relief on his motion filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2255
(2000) and denying reconsideration. An appeal may not be taken
from the final order in a § 2255 proceeding unless a circuit
justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C.
§ 2253(c)(1) (2000). 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 prisoner satisfies 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, 336 (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 that Corley has not made the requisite showing.
Accordingly, we deny Corley’s motion for a certificate of
appealability, deny Corley’s motion to appoint counsel, 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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