Case Name: William Duane SCRIBER, Petitioner - Appellant, v. Robert KOPPEL; The Attorney General of the State of Maryland, Respondents - Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-07-28
Citations: 329 F. App'x 461
Docket Number: No. 09-6386
Parties: William Duane SCRIBER, Petitioner — Appellant, v. Robert KOPPEL; The Attorney General of the State of Maryland, Respondents — Appellees.
Judges: Before DUNCAN and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 329
Pages: 461–462

Head Matter:
William Duane SCRIBER, Petitioner — Appellant, v. Robert KOPPEL; The Attorney General of the State of Maryland, Respondents — Appellees.
No. 09-6386.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: July 10, 2009.
Decided: July 28, 2009.
William Duane Scriber, Appellant Pro Se. Edward John Kelley, Office of the Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.
Before DUNCAN and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
William Duane Scriber seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2006) petition. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of ap-pealability. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1) (2006). 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) (2006). 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 ruhng by the district court is likewise debatable. See 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 Scriber has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appeala-bility and dismiss the appeal. We also deny Scriber's motions for a copy of the transcript at Government expense and for appointment of counsel. We dispense with orai 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.