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No. 14-7516
WILLIAM R. WARD,
Petitioner Appellant,
v.
EVELYN SEIFERT, Warden,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern
District of West Virginia, at Charleston.
John T. Copenhaver,
Jr., District Judge. (2:13-cv-05312)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
William R. Ward seeks to appeal the district courts
order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and
denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. 2254 (2012) petition.
The
certificate
(2012).
of
appealability.
28
U.S.C.
2253(c)(1)(A)
on
the
demonstrating
district
merits,
that
courts
debatable
or
prisoner
reasonable
assessment
wrong.
jurists
would
of
the
v.
McDaniel,
Slack
this
standard
find
constitutional
529
U.S.
by
that
the
claims
is
473,
484
at 484-85.
We have independently reviewed the record and conclude
that Ward has not made the requisite showing.
deny
Wards
motion
for
certificate
of
Accordingly, we
appealability,
deny
with
oral
argument
because
2
the
facts
and
We
legal
contentions
are
adequately
presented
in
the
materials
before
this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED