Case Name: Jeffrey Allen BROWN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ricky ANDERSON, Superintendent, Foothills Correctional Institution; Theodis Beck, Secretary, NC Department of Corrections, Respondents-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-03-25
Citations: 61 F. App'x 76
Docket Number: No. 02-7572
Parties: Jeffrey Allen BROWN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ricky ANDERSON, Superintendent, Foothills Correctional Institution; Theodis Beck, Secretary, NC Department of Corrections, Respondents-Appellees.
Judges: Before WILLIAMS and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 61
Pages: 76–76

Head Matter:
Jeffrey Allen BROWN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ricky ANDERSON, Superintendent, Foothills Correctional Institution; Theodis Beck, Secretary, NC Department of Corrections, Respondents-Appellees.
No. 02-7572.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted March 20, 2003.
Decided March 25, 2003.
Jeffrey Allen Brown, Appellant Pro Se. Clarence Joe DelForge, III, Office of the Attorney General of North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.
Before WILLIAMS and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Jeffrey Allen Brown 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 to this court from the final order in a habeas corpus proceeding unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(Z) (2000). A certificate of appealability will not issue from claims addressed by a district court on the merits absent "a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional rights." 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2) (2000). As to claims dismissed by a district court solely on procedural grounds, a certificate of appealability will not issue unless the petitioner can demonstrate both "(1) 'that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the petition states a valid claim of the denial of a constitutional right' and (2) 'that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the district court was correct in its procedural ruling.' " Rose v. Lee, 252 F.3d 676, 684 (4th Cir.) (quoting Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484, 120 S.Ct. 1595, 146 L.Ed.2d 542 (2000)), cert. denied, 534 U.S. 941, 122 S.Ct. 318, 151 L.Ed.2d 237 (2001). We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that Brown has not satisfied either standard. See Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 123 S.Ct. 1029, 154 L.Ed.2d 931 (2003). 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.