Case Name: John T. McLEMORE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Colie L. RUSHTON, McCormick Correctional Institution; Charles Condon, Attorney General of the State of SC, Respondents-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-06-24
Citations: 67 F. App'x 234
Docket Number: No. 03-6342
Parties: John T. McLEMORE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Colie L. RUSHTON, McCormick Correctional Institution; Charles Condon, Attorney General of the State of SC, Respondents-Appellees.
Judges: Before NIEMEYER, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 67
Pages: 234–235

Head Matter:
John T. McLEMORE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Colie L. RUSHTON, McCormick Correctional Institution; Charles Condon, Attorney General of the State of SC, Respondents-Appellees.
No. 03-6342.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted June 19, 2003.
Decided June 24, 2003.
John T. McLemore, Appellant Pro Se. William Edgar Salter, III, Office of the Attorney General of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.
Before NIEMEYER, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
John T. McLemore seeks to appeal the district court's order's order adopting the magistrate judge's recommendation and denying relief on his petition 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 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 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, 123 S.Ct. 1029, 1040, 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.), cert, denied, 534 U.S. 941, 122 S.Ct. 318, 151 L.Ed.2d 237 (2001). We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that McLemore 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.