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No. 10-7476
KELLER,
JR.,
Secretary
of
N.C.
Dept.
of
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle
District of North Carolina, at Durham.
L. Patrick Auld,
Magistrate Judge. (1:09-cv-00451-LPA)
Submitted:
Before TRAXLER,
Judges.
Chief
Decided:
Judge,
and
AGEE
and
KEENAN,
Circuit
PER CURIAM:
Billy
judges
order
petition.
Todd
denying
Watkins
relief
seeks
on
to
his
28
appeal
U.S.C.
magistrate
2254
(2006)
the
absent
substantial
constitutional right.
See 28 U.S.C.
showing
of
the
denial
of
When the
standard
by
demonstrating
that
reasonable
jurists
would
484
Cockrell,
(2000);
(2003).
see
Miller-El
v.
537
U.S.
322,
336-38
Slack,
and conclude that Watkins has not made the requisite showing.
Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss
the appeal.
before
the
court
and
argument
would
not
aid
the
decisional
process.
DISMISSED