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Stevens v. Vaughn, 4th Cir. (2008)
Stevens v. Vaughn, 4th Cir. (2008)
No. 08-7090
JOSEPH P. STEVENS,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
DOUG VAUGHN; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF VIRGINIA,
Respondents - Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria. James C. Cacheris, Senior
District Judge. (1:08-cv-00211-JCC-TCB)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Joseph P. Stevens seeks to appeal the district courts
order
dismissing
untimely.
or
judge
his
28
issues
absent
constitutional
prisoner
2254
(2000)
petition
as
certificate
2253(c)(1) (2000).
issue
U.S.C.
substantial
right.
jurists
constitutional
appealability.
28
U.S.C.
satisfies
reasonable
of
28
this
would
claims
by
showing
U.S.C.
the
the
denial
2253(c)(2)
standard
find
of
by
that
(2000).
demonstrating
any
district
of
assessment
court
is
a
A
that
of
the
debatable
or
322, 336-38 (2003); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000);
Rose v. Lee, 252 F.3d 676, 683-84 (4th Cir. 2001).
We have
made
the
certificate
dispense
of
with
requisite
showing.
appealability
oral
argument
and
Accordingly,
dismiss
because
the
the
we
deny
appeal.
facts
and
a
We
legal