Case Name: Johnnie GATHERS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Willie EAGLETON, Warden, Evans Correctional Institution; Henry Dargan McMaster, Respondents-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-10-22
Citations: 334 F. App'x 542
Docket Number: No. 09-7533
Parties: Johnnie GATHERS, Petitioner—Appellant, v. Willie EAGLETON, Warden, Evans Correctional Institution; Henry Dargan McMaster, Respondents—Appellees.
Judges: Before SHEDD, DUNCAN, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 334
Pages: 542–543

Head Matter:
Johnnie GATHERS, Petitioner—Appellant, v. Willie EAGLETON, Warden, Evans Correctional Institution; Henry Dargan McMaster, Respondents—Appellees.
No. 09-7533.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Oct. 15, 2009.
Decided: Oct. 22, 2009.
Johnnie Gathers, Appellant Pro Se. Roy F. Laney, Heath McAlvin Stewart, III, Riley, Pope & Laney, LLC, Columbia, South Carolina; Donald John Zelenka, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellees.
Before SHEDD, DUNCAN, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Johnnie Gathers, a state prisoner, seeks to appeal the district court's order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (2006) petition. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues á certificate of appealability. 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 dispos-itive 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 Gathers has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny Gathers' motion for release, 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.