Case Name: Bobby Ray ROBERTS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. WARDEN, KEEN MOUNTAIN CORRECTIONAL CENTER, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-06-16
Citations: 100 F. App'x 204
Docket Number: No. 04-6207
Parties: Bobby Ray ROBERTS, Petitioner—Appellant, v. WARDEN, KEEN MOUNTAIN CORRECTIONAL CENTER, Respondent—Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 100
Pages: 204–205

Head Matter:
Bobby Ray ROBERTS, Petitioner—Appellant, v. WARDEN, KEEN MOUNTAIN CORRECTIONAL CENTER, Respondent—Appellee.
No. 04-6207.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted May 28, 2004.
Decided June 16, 2004.
Bobby Ray Roberts, Appellant pro se.
Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Bobby Ray Roberts seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000). An appeal may not be taken from the final order in a § 2254 proceeding 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 Roberts 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