US v. Cornell McClure, No. 16-6747 (4th Cir. 2018)
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ON REHEARING UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 16-6747 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. CORNELL WINFREI MCCLURE, a/k/a Droopy, Defendant - Appellant. No. 17-6864 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, v. CORNELL WINFREI MCCLURE, a/k/a Droopy, Defendant - Appellant. Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt. Deborah K. Chasanow, Senior District Judge. (8:01-cr-00367-DKC-1; 8:08-cv-01830DKC) Submitted: October 29, 2018 Decided: November 2, 2018 Before WILKINSON, KING, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Cornell Winfrei McClure, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. 2 PER CURIAM: In these consolidated appeals, Cornell Winfrei McClure appeals the district court’s orders denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion (No. 16-6747), and his Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e) motion (No. 17-6864). We previously recalled our mandate in No. 16-6747, granted panel rehearing, and consolidated these appeals. The orders are not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B) (2012). 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). 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 McClure has not made the requisite showing. * Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability in No. 16-6747, deny McClure’s motion for a certificate of appealability in No. 17-6864, and dismiss the appeals. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal * McClure also contends that the district court judge should have sua sponte recused herself from adjudicating his § 2255 motion. We conclude that this claim is without merit. See 28 U.S.C. § 455 (2012); Liteky v. United States, 510 U.S. 540, 554-56 (1994) (discussing appropriate grounds for recusal). 3 contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process. DISMISSED 4
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