Case Name: James A.G. BUNCH, Jr., Petitioner-Appellant, v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION; Lawrence Solomon, Superintendent at Odom Correctional Institution; Attorney General of the State of North Carolina, Respondents-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-08-26
Citations: 141 F. App'x 234
Docket Number: No. 05-6876
Parties: James A.G. BUNCH, Jr., Petitioner—Appellant, v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION; Lawrence Solomon, Superintendent at Odom Correctional Institution; Attorney General of the State of North Carolina, Respondents—Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 141
Pages: 234–235

Head Matter:
James A.G. BUNCH, Jr., Petitioner—Appellant, v. NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION; Lawrence Solomon, Superintendent at Odom Correctional Institution; Attorney General of the State of North Carolina, Respondents—Appellees.
No. 05-6876.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Aug. 17, 2005.
Decided: Aug. 26, 2005.
James A.G. Bunch, Jr., Appellant pro se. Clarence Joe DelForge, III, North Carolina Department of Justice, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.
Before WILKINSON and KING, 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Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
James A.G. Bunch, Jr., a state prisoner, seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his motion 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 for claims addressed by a district court 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 both that the district court's assessment of his constitutional claims is debatable or wrong 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 Bunch has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny the motion for a certificate of appeal-ability 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