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    This document is an unpublished opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit regarding a petition filed by Larry Charles Alley under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court had denied relief on Alley's petition. The Fourth Circuit dismisses Alley's appeal, finding that he failed to demonstrate that reasonable jurists would find it debatable whether his petition states a valid constitutional claim or whether the district court's procedural ruling was correct, as is required to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1). Accordingly, the Fourth Circuit denies a certificate of appealability and dismisses the appeal.

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    This document is an unpublished opinion from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit regarding a petition filed by Larry Charles Alley under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district court had denied relief on Alley's petition. The Fourth Circuit dismisses Alley's appeal, finding that he failed to demonstrate that reasonable jurists would find it debatable whether his petition states a valid constitutional claim or whether the district court's procedural ruling was correct, as is required to issue a certificate of appealability under 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1). Accordingly, the Fourth Circuit denies a certificate of appealability and dismisses the appeal.

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    UNPUBLISHED

    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS


    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

    No. 02-7539

    LARRY CHARLES ALLEY,


    Petitioner - Appellant,
    versus
    DERRICK WADSWORTH,
    Respondent - Appellee.

    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
    District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Malcolm J. Howard, District
    Judge. (CA-01-644)

    Submitted:

    February 6, 2003

    Decided:

    February 12, 2003

    Before WILKINS, MICHAEL, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.

    Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

    Larry Charles Alley, Appellant Pro Se. Clarence Joe DelForge, III,
    OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF NORTH CAROLINA, Raleigh, North
    Carolina, for Appellee.

    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.


    See Local Rule 36(c).

    PER CURIAM:
    Larry Charles Alley, a state prisoner, seeks to appeal the
    district courts order denying relief on his petition filed under
    28 U.S.C. 2254 (2000).

    An appeal may not be taken to this court

    from the final order in a habeas corpus proceeding in which the


    detention complained of arises out of process issued by a state
    court unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of
    appealability.

    28 U.S.C. 2253(c)(1) (2000).

    When, as here, a

    district court dismisses a 2241 petition solely on procedural


    grounds, a certificate of appealability will not issue unless the
    petitioner can demonstrate both (1) that jurists of reason would
    find it debatable whether the petition states a valid claim of the
    denial of a constitutional right and (2) that jurists of reason
    would find it debatable whether the district court was correct in
    its procedural ruling.

    Rose v. Lee, 252 F. 3d 676, 684 (4th

    Cir.) (quoting Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000)), cert.
    denied, 534 U.S. 941 (2001).

    We have reviewed the record and

    conclude for the reasons stated by the district court that Alley
    has not made the requisite showing.

    See Alley v. Waddsworth, No.

    CA-01-644 (E.D.N.C. Sept. 11, 2002).

    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 the court and argument


    would not aid the decisional process.

    DISMISSED

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