US v. Hector Lopez
Filing
920100322
UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 09-7837
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff Appellee, v. HECTOR LOPEZ, Defendant Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Greenville. Henry F. Floyd, District Judge. (6:06-cr-00503-HFF-1; 6:06-cv-70016-HFF; 6:09-cv-70004-HFF)
Submitted:
March 16, 2010
Decided:
March 22, 2010
Before NIEMEYER, MOTZ, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Hector Lopez, Appellant Pro Se. OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES Carolina, for Appellee.
William Jacob Watkins, Jr., ATTORNEY, Greenville, South
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM: Hector Lopez seeks to appeal the district court's
order dismissing as untimely his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp. 2009) motion. justice or The order is not appealable unless a circuit 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). We have
independently reviewed the record and conclude that Lopez has not made the of requisite showing. and Accordingly, dismiss the the we deny a We legal
certificate dispense
appealability oral argument
appeal. and
with
because
facts
contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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