Case Name: Freddie Lee COBB, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Nancy ROUSE; 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: 2009-06-01
Citations: 326 F. App'x 135
Docket Number: No. 09-6222
Parties: Freddie Lee COBB, Petitioner—Appellant, v. Nancy ROUSE; The Attorney General of the State of Maryland, Respondents—Appellees.
Judges: Before MOTZ, TRAXLER, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 326
Pages: 135–136

Head Matter:
Freddie Lee COBB, Petitioner—Appellant, v. Nancy ROUSE; The Attorney General of the State of Maryland, Respondents—Appellees.
No. 09-6222.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: May 21, 2009.
Decided: June 1, 2009.
Freddie Lee Cobb, Appellant Pro Se. Gary E. O’Connor, Office of the Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.
Before MOTZ, TRAXLER, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Freddie Lee Cobb 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 appeal-ability. 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 ruling 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 that Cobb has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appeala-bility 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.