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Nature of Suit Code: 510
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Vacate Sentence
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 07-7426

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

ROSARIO A. FIORANI, JR.,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern

District of Virginia, at Alexandria. James C. Cacheris, Senior

District Judge. (1:98-cr-00340-JCC)

Submitted: February 28, 2008 Decided: March 6, 2008 

Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Rosario A. Fiorani, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. G. David Hackney,

Assistant United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for

Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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*To the extent the district court construed Fiorani’s motion

as a petition for writ of coram nobis, we find no reversible error

and affirm the denial of relief.

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PER CURIAM:

Rosario A. Fiorani, Jr., seeks to appeal the district

court’s order construing his “Motion for Reversal of

Unconstitutional Conviction on Supreme Court’s Ruling in re:

Gonzalez-Lopez and Ineffective Assistance of Counsel and Violations

of Sixth Amendment Rights” as a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2000) motion or,

alternatively, as a petition for writ of coram nobis, and denying

relief. 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 Fiorani 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

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presented in the materials before the court and argument would not

aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

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