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No. 10-6448
EMANUEL C. SIMMONS,
Petitioner Appellant,
v.
GENE JOHNSON, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections,
Respondent Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Richmond.
James R. Spencer, Chief
District Judge. (3:09-cv-00406-JRS)
Submitted:
Decided:
October 4, 2010
PER CURIAM:
Emmanuel
courts
order
petition.
C.
denying
Simmons
relief
seeks
on
his
to
appeal
28
U.S.C.
district
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 Simmons 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