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United States v. Suggs

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Sep 29, 2011
447 F. App'x 511 (4th Cir. 2011)

Opinion

No. 11-6673

09-29-2011

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. RICARDO M. SUGGS, JR., Defendant - Appellant.

Ricardo M. Suggs, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. David J. Perri, Assistant United States Attorney, Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellee.


UNPUBLISHED

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia, at Wheeling. Frederick P. Stamp, Jr., Senior District Judge. (5:06-cr-00027-FPS-DJJ-1; 5:09-cv-00057-FPS-DJJ)

Before GREGORY, DUNCAN, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Ricardo M. Suggs, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. David J. Perri, Assistant United States Attorney, Wheeling, West Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:

Ricardo M. Suggs, Jr. seeks to appeal the district court's order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and denying relief on his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp. 2011) motion. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B) (2006). 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) (2006). When the district court denies relief on the merits, a prisoner satisfies this standard by demonstrating that reasonable jurists would find that the district court's assessment of the constitutional claims is debatable or wrong. Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); see Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336-38 (2003). When the district court denies relief on procedural grounds, the prisoner must demonstrate both that the dispositive procedural ruling is debatable, and that the motion states a debatable claim of the denial of a constitutional right. Slack, 529 U.S. at 484-85. We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that Suggs has not made the requisite showing. 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


Summaries of

United States v. Suggs

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Sep 29, 2011
447 F. App'x 511 (4th Cir. 2011)
Case details for

United States v. Suggs

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. RICARDO M. SUGGS, JR.…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Sep 29, 2011

Citations

447 F. App'x 511 (4th Cir. 2011)

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