Case Name: Oscar A. ESCOBAR, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James L. JENKINS, Chairman, Virginia Parole Board, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-06-26
Citations: 69 F. App'x 152
Docket Number: No. 02-6251
Parties: Oscar A. ESCOBAR, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James L. JENKINS, Chairman, Virginia Parole Board, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before MOTZ, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 69
Pages: 152–153

Head Matter:
Oscar A. ESCOBAR, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James L. JENKINS, Chairman, Virginia Parole Board, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 02-6251.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted June 4, 2003.
Decided June 26, 2003.
Oscar A. Escobar, Appellant Pro Se.
Before MOTZ, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Oscar A. Escobar seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000). The order is appealable only if 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 Escobar 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.