Case Name: Alex SIZEMORE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jim RUBENSTEIN, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-11-15
Citations: 254 F. App'x 217
Docket Number: No. 07-6545
Parties: Alex SIZEMORE, Petitioner—Appellant, v. Jim RUBENSTEIN, Respondent—Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 254
Pages: 217–217

Head Matter:
Alex SIZEMORE, Petitioner—Appellant, v. Jim RUBENSTEIN, Respondent—Appellee.
No. 07-6545.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Oct. 24, 2007.
Decided: Nov. 15, 2007.
Paul S. Detch, Lewisburg, West Virginia, for Appellant. Dawn Ellen Warfield, Robert David Goldberg, Office of the Attorney General of West Virginia, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee.
Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Alex Sizemore seeks to appeal the district court's order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000) petition. The order is not appeal-able 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 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 Sizemore 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.