Case Name: Winfred R. BRIGHT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Edward WRIGHT, Warden, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-01-13
Citations: 306 F. App'x 813
Docket Number: No. 08-7605
Parties: Winfred R. BRIGHT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Edward WRIGHT, Warden, Respondent—Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 306
Pages: 813–814

Head Matter:
Winfred R. BRIGHT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Edward WRIGHT, Warden, Respondent—Appellee.
No. 08-7605.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Dec. 29, 2008.
Decided: Jan. 13, 2009.
Winfred R. Bright, Appellant Pro Se. Susan Mozley Harris, Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Before WILLIAMS, Chief Judge, and MOTZ and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Winfred R. Bright seeks to appeal the district court's order denying his Fed.R. Crim.P. 86 motion and Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b) motion for reconsideration of the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000) petition. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2258(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 any assessment of the constitutional claims by the district court is debatable or wrong and that any dispositive procedural ruling by the district court is likewise debatable. 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, 683-84 (4th Cir.2001). We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that Bright 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.