Case Name: Bernard MCFADDEN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. State of SOUTH CAROLINA; Robert Richburg, Investigator for Sumter County Police Department; Henry McMaster, South Carolina Attorney General, Respondents-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-12-01
Citations: 403 F. App'x 848
Docket Number: No. 10-7130
Parties: Bernard MCFADDEN, Petitioner—Appellant, v. State of SOUTH CAROLINA; Robert Richburg, Investigator for Sumter County Police Department; Henry McMaster, South Carolina Attorney General, Respondents—Appellees.
Judges: Before SHEDD and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 403
Pages: 848–849

Head Matter:
Bernard MCFADDEN, Petitioner—Appellant, v. State of SOUTH CAROLINA; Robert Richburg, Investigator for Sumter County Police Department; Henry McMaster, South Carolina Attorney General, Respondents—Appellees.
No. 10-7130.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Nov. 18, 2010.
Decided: Dec. 1, 2010.
Bernard McFadden, Appellant Pro Se.
Before SHEDD 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Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Bernard McFadden, a state pretrial detainee, seeks to appeal the district court's orders denying relief on his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2241 (West 2006 & Supp.2010) petition. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a 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). When the district court denies relief on the merits, a prisoner satisfies this standard by demonstrating that reasonable jurists would find that the district court's assessment of the constitutional claims is debatable or wrong. Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484, 120 S.Ct. 1595, 146 L.Ed.2d 542 (2000); see Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336-38, 123 S.Ct. 1029, 154 L.Ed.2d 931 (2003). When the district court denies relief on procedural grounds, the prisoner must demonstrate both that the dispositive procedural ruling is debatable, and that the petition states a debatable claim of the denial of a constitutional right. Slack, 529 U.S. at 484-85, 120 S.Ct. 1595. We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that McFadden 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.