United States Fourth Circuit

Disappointed habeas petitioners who assert that the district court violated the holding in Hill v. Braxton must first obtain a certificate of appealability in accordance with 28 U.S.C.A. section 2253(c) and local rules. Petition is dismissed.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/12/2004
• Published 04/09/2004

Judges

• Before NIEMEYER, LUTTIG, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Jessica R. Robinson, Appellate Litigation Program, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.  Michael Alan Rotker, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.   ON BRIEF:Steven H. Goldblatt, Director, Gregory Knapp, Appellate Litigation Program, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.  Robert J. Conrad, Jr., United States Attorney, Thomas Richard Ascik, Assistant United States Attorney, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellee.