United States v. Israel Delgado

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
United States v. Israel Delgado, 491 F. App'x 423 (4th Cir. 2012)

United States v. Israel Delgado

Opinion

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 12-7232

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff – Appellee,

v.

ISRAEL JUAREZ DELGADO, a/k/a Benito Bueno, a/k/a Benito Valencia, a/k/a El Gordo, a/k/a Benito Valencia-Bueno, a/k/a Beneito Bravo, a/k/a Benito Valencia-Brava,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Columbia. Joseph F. Anderson, Jr., District Judge. (3:09-cr-00715-JFA-1; 3:11-cv-02637-JFA)

Submitted: December 13, 2012 Decided: December 21, 2012

Before MOTZ, GREGORY, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Israel Juarez Delgado, Appellant Pro Se. Mark C. Moore, Assistant United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:

Israel Juarez Delgado seeks to appeal the district

court’s order denying his motion to reconsider the denial of

relief on his

28 U.S.C.A. § 2255

(West Supp. 2012) 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)

(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

(2000); see Miller-El v. Cockrell,

537 U.S. 322, 336-38

(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 motion states a debatable

claim of the denial of a constitutional right. Slack,

529 U.S. at 484-85

.

We have independently reviewed the record and conclude

that Delgado 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

2 contentions are adequately presented in the materials before

this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

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Status
Unpublished