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United States v. William White
21-6087
| 4th Cir. | Jun 29, 2021
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*1 Before KING and THACKER, Circuit Judges, and TRAXLER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

William A. White, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM:

William A. White seeks to appeal the district court’s order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and denying White’s Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) motion for relief from the district court’s prior order denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B). See generally United States v. McRae , 793 F.3d 392, 400 & n.7 (4th Cir. 2015). 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). When the district court denies relief on the merits, a prisoner satisfies this standard by demonstrating that reasonable jurists could find the district court’s assessment of the constitutional claims debatable or wrong. See Buck v. Davis , 137 S. Ct. 759, 773-74 (2017). When the district court denies relief on procedural grounds, the prisoner must demonstrate both that the dispositive procedural ruling is debatable and that the motion states a debatable claim of the denial of a constitutional right. Gonzalez v. Thaler , 565 U.S. 134, 140-41 (2012) (citing Slack v. McDaniel , 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000)).

We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that White 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 this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

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Case Details

Case Name: United States v. William White
Court Name: Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Date Published: Jun 29, 2021
Docket Number: 21-6087
Court Abbreviation: 4th Cir.
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