Scaife v. McKune

ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY

PAUL KELLY, JR., Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-Appellant Jerome T. Scaife, an inmate appearing pro se, seeks to appeal from the district court’s judgment dismissing his habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 with prejudice. The district court denied a certificate of appealability (“COA”), and we construe Mr. Scaife’s notice of appeal and brief as a renewed request in this court. Fed. R.App. P. 22(b)(2). Because we determine that Mr. Scaife has not made a “substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right,” 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2); Slack v.…