UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 05-6437
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
RODNEY LAMONT CAMERON,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle
District of North Carolina, at Durham. James A. Beaty, Jr.,
District Judge. (CR-01-411; CA-04-723-1)
Submitted: July 14, 2005 Decided: July 26, 2005
Before WILKINSON, LUTTIG, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Rodney Lamont Cameron, Appellant Pro Se. Angela Hewlett Miller,
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Greensboro, North Carolina,
for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Rodney Lamont Cameron seeks to appeal the district
court’s order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge
and denying relief on his motion filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2255
(2000). 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 for claims addressed by
the district court on the merits absent “ a substantial showing of
the denial of a constitutional right.” 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2)
(2000). We have independently reviewed the record and conclude
that Cameron has not made the requisite showing. See Miller-El v.
Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336 (2003). 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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