United States v. Terry Buck, 4th Cir. (2014)

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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS


FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-6753

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,


Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
TERRY LEE BUCK,
Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Greenville. James C. Dever, III,
Chief District Judge. (4:12-cr-00013-D-3; 4:14-cv-00009-D)

Submitted:

July 24, 2014

Before FLOYD and


Circuit Judge.

THACKER,

Decided:

Circuit

Judges,

and

July 29, 2014

DAVIS,

Senior

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Terry Lee Buck, Appellant Pro Se.


Jennifer P. May-Parker,
Assistant United States Attorney, Kimberly Ann Moore, Seth
Morgan Wood, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh,
North Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM:
Terry Lee Buck seeks to appeal the district courts
order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. 2255 (2012) motion.

The

order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues


a

certificate

(2012).

of

appealability.

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) (2012).
relief

on

the

demonstrating
district

merits,
that

courts

debatable

or

When the district court denies

prisoner

reasonable

assessment

wrong.

Slack

satisfies

jurists

this

would

of

the

v.

McDaniel,

standard

find

constitutional
529

U.S.

by

that

the

claims

is

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

claim of the denial of a constitutional right.

debatable

Slack, 529 U.S.

at 484-85.
We have independently reviewed the record and conclude
that Buck has not made the requisite showing.
deny

Bucks

motion

dismiss the appeal.


facts

and

legal

for

certificate

of

Accordingly, we

appealability

and

We dispense with oral argument because the

contentions

are

adequately

presented

in

the

materials

before

this

court

and

argument

would

not

aid

the

decisional process.
DISMISSED

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