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Ferguson v. Edwards, 4th Cir. (2006)
Ferguson v. Edwards, 4th Cir. (2006)
No. 06-7478
LENTON A. FERGUSON,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
LISA EDWARDS,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Gerald Bruce Lee, District
Judge. (1:05-cv-01125-GBL)
Submitted:
December 6, 2006
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Lenton A. Ferguson, a state prisoner, seeks to appeal the
district courts order dismissing his 28 U.S.C. 2254 (2000)
petition for failure to exhaust his state court remedies.
The
2253(c)(2)
demonstrating
constitutional
(2000).
that
prisoner
reasonable
claims
are
satisfies
jurists
debatable
and
would
that
this
28 U.S.C.
standard
find
any
that
by
his
dispositive
Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); Rose v. Lee, 252 F.3d
676, 683 (4th Cir. 2001).
record and conclude that Ferguson has not made the requisite
showing.
DISMISSED
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