Case Name: Robert Lewis CLAY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ronald J. ANGELONES, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-02-10
Citations: 121 F. App'x 527
Docket Number: No. 04-7016
Parties: Robert Lewis CLAY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ronald J. ANGELONES, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before WILKINSON and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 121
Pages: 527–527

Head Matter:
Robert Lewis CLAY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ronald J. ANGELONES, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 04-7016.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Jan. 28, 2005.
Decided: Feb. 10, 2005.
Mary Burnett Hatch, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellant.
Leah Ann Darron, Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Before WILKINSON and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Robert Lewis Clay ("Clay"), a state prisoner, seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000). 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 his constitutional claims are debatable and that any dispositive procedural rulings by the district court are also debatable or wrong. See Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336, 123 S.Ct. 1029, 154 L.Ed.2d 931 (2003); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484, 120 S.Ct. 1595, 146 L.Ed.2d 542 (2000); Rose v. Lee, 252 F.3d 676, 683 (4th Cir.2001). We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that Clay has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny Clay's motion for 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