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No. 04-7613
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western
District of Virginia, at Roanoke. James C. Turk, Senior District
Judge. (CA-03-687-7)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Joseph Shannon Smith seeks to appeal the district courts
order accepting the report and recommendation of a magistrate judge
and denying relief on his petition filed under 28 U.S.C. 2254
(2000).
2253(c)(2)
demonstrating
constitutional
(2000).
that
prisoner
reasonable
claims
are
satisfies
jurists
debatable
would
and
that
this
28 U.S.C.
standard
find
any
that
by
his
dispositive
v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); Rose v. Lee, 252 F.3d 676,
683 (4th Cir. 2001). We have independently reviewed the record and
conclude
that
Smith
has
not
made
the
requisite
showing.
DISMISSED
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