Case Name: Jahlil Laron A. KIDD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SUSSEX I STATE PRISON, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-08-19
Citations: 106 F. App'x 848
Docket Number: No. 04-6774
Parties: Jahlil Laron A. KIDD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SUSSEX I STATE PRISON, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 106
Pages: 848–849

Head Matter:
Jahlil Laron A. KIDD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SUSSEX I STATE PRISON, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 04-6774.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Aug. 12, 2004.
Decided Aug. 19, 2004.
Jahlil Laron A. Kidd, Appellant pro se.
Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and TRAXLER, 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Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Jahlil Laron A. Kidd seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000) petition. Kidd cannot appeal this order unless a circuit judge or justice issues a certificate of appealabili ty, and a certificate of appealability will not issue absent a "substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right." 28 U.S.C. § 2253(e)(2) (2000). A habeas appellant meets 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 Kidd 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