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No. 10-7459
SAMUEL J. HASTINGS,
Petitioner Appellant,
v.
GREGORY KNOWLIN, Warden,
Respondent Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Aiken. Margaret B. Seymour, District Judge.
(1:09-cv-01412-MBS)
Submitted:
Decided:
PER CURIAM:
Samuel
courts
judge
order
and
judge
Hastings
accepting
denying
petition.
or
J.
relief
to
appeal
recommendation
on
his
28
of
U.S.C.
the
the
district
magistrate
2254
(2006)
certificate
2253(c)(1) (2006).
issue
the
seeks
absent
appealability.
28
U.S.C.
substantial
constitutional right.
of
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 Hastings 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