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Parties Involved:
David McDowell Robinson
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-6671

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

DAVID MCDOWELL ROBINSON,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of 

Maryland, at Baltimore. Richard D. Bennett, District Judge. 

(1:07-cr-00087-RDB-1; 1:14-cv-03425-RDB)

Submitted: September 29, 2016 Decided: October 4, 2016

Before SHEDD, KEENAN, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

David McDowell Robinson, Appellant Pro Se. Jefferson McClure 

Gray, Assistant United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for 

Appellee. 

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

David McDowell Robinson appeals the district court’s order 

denying relief on his motion to vacate, motion for a certificate 

of appealability, and other related motions challenging his 

criminal convictions. Robinson has failed to show reversible 

error on appeal or establish grounds for a certificate of 

appealability. 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) (2012). 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. 

Thus, we deny a certificate of appealability, deny 

Robinson’s motion for bail or release pending appeal, and 

dismiss. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and

legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials 

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before this court and argument would not aid the decisional 

process.

DISMISSED

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