[NOT FOR PUBLICATION--NOT TO BE CITED AS PRECEDENT]
United States Court of Appeals
For the First Circuit
No. 00-2118
RICHARD J. DECATO, JR.,
Petitioner, Appellant,
v.
UNITED STATES,
Respondent, Appellee.
APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS
[Hon. William G. Young, U.S. District Judge]
Before
Lynch, Circuit Judge,
Cyr, Senior Circuit Judge,
and Lipez, Circuit Judge.
Richard DeCato on memorandum pro se.
November 27, 2002
Per Curiam. Petitioner Richard J. DeCato Jr. has applied for
a certificate of appealability (COA) in order to appeal from the
dismissal of his habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. To
qualify for a COA, he must make "a substantial showing of the
denial of a constitutional right." Id. § 2253(c)(2). This
standard requires a demonstration that "reasonable jurists could
debate whether ... the petition should have been resolved in a
different manner or that the issues presented were