Case Name: Stacy L. EWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Gene M. JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-08-10
Citations: 104 F. App'x 309
Docket Number: No. 04-6370
Parties: Stacy L. EWELL, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. Gene M. JOHNSON, Defendant—Appellee.
Judges: Before LUTTIG and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 104
Pages: 309–310

Head Matter:
Stacy L. EWELL, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. Gene M. JOHNSON, Defendant—Appellee.
No. 04-6370.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted June 30, 2004.
Decided Aug. 10, 2004.
Stacy L. Ewell, Appellant pro se. Mark Ralph Davis, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Ap-pellee.
Before LUTTIG and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Stacy L. Ewell 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 ap-pealability 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, 336-38, 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 Ewell 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