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USCA4 Appeal: 21-7670 Doc: 10 Filed: 08/22/2022 Pg: 1 of 2 UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 21-7670 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. SAMUEL EUGENE HOLLOMAN, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Greensboro. William L. Osteen, Jr., District Judge. (1:15-cr-00246-WO-1; 1:18-cv- 00390-WO-LPA) Submitted: August 18, 2022 Decided: August 22, 2022 Before WYNN, THACKER, and HEYTENS, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Samuel Eugene Holloman, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. USCA4 Appeal: 21-7670 Doc: 10 Filed: 08/22/2022 Pg: 2 of 2 PER CURIAM: Samuel Eugene Holloman seeks to appeal the district court’s order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and denying relief on Holloman’s
28 U.S.C. § 2255motion. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. See
28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B). 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)). Limiting our review of the record to the issues raised in Holloman’s informal brief, we conclude that Holloman has not made the requisite showing. See 4th Cir. R. 34(b); see also Jackson v. Lightsey,
775 F.3d 170, 177 (4th Cir. 2014) (“The informal brief is an important document; under Fourth Circuit rules, our review is limited to issues preserved in that brief.”). 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 2
Document Info
Docket Number: 21-7670
Filed Date: 8/22/2022
Precedential Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 8/23/2022