Percy Williams, Jr. v. Robert Jones
Filing
920091027
UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 09-7130
PERCY ALLEN WILLIAMS, JR., Petitioner - Appellant, v. ROBERT JONES, Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at Charlotte. Graham C. Mullen, Senior District Judge. (3:09-cv-00006-GCM)
Submitted:
October 20, 2009
Decided:
October 27, 2009
Before TRAXLER, Chief Judge, HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
NIEMEYER,
Circuit
Judge,
and
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Percy Allen Williams, Jr., Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM: Percy district court's Allen order Williams, dismissing Jr., as seeks untimely to his appeal 28 the
U.S.C.
§ 2254 (2006) petition.
The order is not appealable unless a
circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1) (2006). A certificate of appealability
will not issue absent "a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional prisoner reasonable right." this would by 28 U.S.C. standard find the that § 2253(c)(2) by any (2006). A that the or
satisfies jurists
demonstrating assessment is of
constitutional
claims
district
court
debatable
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). independently reviewed the record and conclude that We have Williams
has not made the requisite showing.
Accordingly, we deny a We also
certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal.
deny Williams' motion for appointment of counsel and deny, as moot, his motions for bail or release pending appeal and for injunctive relief pending 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 2
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