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USCA4 Appeal: 22-6137 Doc: 5 Filed: 08/25/2022 Pg: 1 of 2 UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 22-6137 MARK FRENCH, Petitioner - Appellant, v. OFFICER MICHAEL BIVENS; MARYLAND ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondents - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Catherine C. Blake, Senior District Judge. (1:21-cv-02736-CCB) Submitted: August 23, 2022 Decided: August 25, 2022 Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, HEYTENS, Circuit Judge, and KEENAN, Senior Circuit Judge. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Mark French, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. USCA4 Appeal: 22-6137 Doc: 5 Filed: 08/25/2022 Pg: 2 of 2 PER CURIAM: Mark French seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing his
28 U.S.C. § 2254petition as an unauthorized, successive § 2254 petition. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. See
28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A). 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, as here, 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. 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 French 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 * To the extent that French wishes to obtain authorization from this court to file a successive § 2254 petition, he may file such a motion directly in this court pursuant to
28 U.S.C. § 2244. 2
Document Info
Docket Number: 22-6137
Filed Date: 8/25/2022
Precedential Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 8/26/2022