John Carpenter v. Theodis Beck
Filing
920080227
Opinion
UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 07-7687
JOHN PHILMORE CARPENTER, Petitioner - Appellant, v. THEODIS BECK, Secretary, Department of Correction, North Carolina
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Durham. Paul Trevor Sharp, Magistrate Judge. (1:07-cv-00109-PTS)
Submitted:
February 21, 2008
Decided:
February 27, 2008
Before MOTZ and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and WILKINS, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
John Philmore Carpenter, Appellant Pro Se. Clarence Joe DelForge, III, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM: John Philmore Carpenter seeks to appeal the magistrate judge's order dismissing as untimely his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000) petition.* judge The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. §
issues
2253(c)(1) (2000).
A certificate of appealability will not issue
absent "a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right." 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2) (2000). A prisoner satisfies this
standard by demonstrating that reasonable jurists would find that any assessment of the constitutional claims by the district court is debatable or wrong and that any dispositive procedural ruling by the district court is likewise debatable. Miller-El v. Cockrell,
537 U.S. 322, 336-38 (2003); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); Rose v. Lee, 252 F.3d 676, 683-84 (4th Cir. 2001). We have
independently reviewed the record and conclude that Carpenter has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal. We dispense with oral
argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. DISMISSED
The parties consented to the jurisdiction of a magistrate judge under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) (2000). - 2 -
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