UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 07-6419
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
FRANK DEMETRIC DICKERSON, JR., a/k/a Frank
Dixon, a/k/a Frankie D,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. Benson Everett Legg, Chief District Judge.
(1:97-cr-00410-BEL; 1:04-cv-00111-BEL)
Submitted: October 31, 2007 Decided: November 20, 2007
Before NIEMEYER, GREGORY, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Frank Demetric Dickerson, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Christine
Manuelian, Lynne Ann Battaglia, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Frank Demetric Dickerson, Jr., seeks to appeal the
district court’s order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2255
(2000) motion. The order is not appealable 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
any assessment of the constitutional claims by the district court
is debatable or wrong and that any dispositive procedural ruling by
the district court is likewise debatable. Miller-El v. Cockrell,
537 U.S. 322, 336-38 (2003); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484
(2000); Rose v. Lee, 252 F.3d 676, 683-84 (4th Cir. 2001). We have
independently reviewed the record and conclude that Dickerson has
not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny a certificate
of appealability and dismiss the appeal. We also deny Dickerson’s
“Motion to Correct Clerical Error.” 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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