Corvin Jauwan Young v. Chief Deputy William Parrish, Acting Sheriff
June 11, 2026·25-7009·Per Curiam·By James Taylor
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit dismissed an appeal by a South Carolina pretrial detainee seeking relief under the habeas corpus statute. The court found that the petitioner failed to make a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right required to obtain a certificate of appealability.
Corvin Jauwan Young, a South Carolina pretrial detainee, filed a petition under twenty-eight U.S.C. section two thousand two hundred forty-one seeking relief. The district court accepted a magistrate judge’s recommendation and denied relief. Young sought to appeal this order.
The court’s reasoning
The court explained that an order denying habeas relief is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. To obtain such a certificate, a prisoner must make a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right. When relief is denied on the merits, the prisoner must show that reasonable jurists could find the district court’s assessment debatable or wrong. The court independently reviewed the record and concluded that Young had not made the requisite showing.
What it means going forward
The dismissal prevents the petitioner from pursuing further appellate review of the district court’s denial of habeas relief in the Fourth Circuit.
