Case Name: Caleb Elijah WARDRETT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. J.C. WILSON, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-12-23
Citations: 83 F. App'x 554
Docket Number: No. 03-7303
Parties: Caleb Elijah WARDRETT, Petitioner—Appellant, v. J.C. WILSON, Respondent—Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 83
Pages: 554–554

Head Matter:
Caleb Elijah WARDRETT, Petitioner—Appellant, v. J.C. WILSON, Respondent—Appellee.
No. 03-7303.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Nov. 21, 2003.
Decided Dec. 23, 2003.
Caleb Elijah Wardrett, Appellant pro se.
Clarence Joe DelForge, III, Office of the Attorney General of North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Before NIEMEYER, GREGORY, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).
Caleb Elijah Wardrett seeks to appeal the district court's order granting Respondent's motion for summary judgment and dismissing his petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000). An appeal may not be taken 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(e)(1) (2000). A certificate of appealability will not issue for claims addressed by a district court on the merits absent "a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right." 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.2001) (quoting Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484, 120 S.Ct. 1595, 146 L.Ed.2d 542 (2000)). We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that Wardrett has not satisfied either standard. See Miller-El v. Cock-rell, 537 U.S. 322, 336, 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