US v. Willie McKinnon
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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:08-cr-00049-CCB-1 Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [998943708]. Mailed to: Wilie McKinnon. [12-7193]
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 12-7193
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
WILLIE ORLANDO MCKINNON,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore.
Catherine C. Blake, District Judge.
(1:08-cr-00049-CCB-1)
Submitted:
September 12, 2012
Decided:
September 24, 2012
Before MOTZ, SHEDD, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Willie Orlando McKinnon, Appellant Pro Se.
Michael Clayton
Hanlon, Assistant United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland,
for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Willie Orlando McKinnon seeks to appeal the district
court’s
order
dismissing
(West Supp. 2012) motion.
as
untimely
his
28
U.S.C.A.
§ 2255
The order is not appealable unless a
circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability.
28
U.S.C.
§ 2253(c)(1)(B)
(2006).
A
certificate
of
appealability will not issue absent “a substantial showing of
the denial of a constitutional right.”
(2006).
28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2)
When the district court denies relief on the merits, a
prisoner
satisfies
this
jurists
would
reasonable
standard
find
by
that
demonstrating
the
district
that
court’s
assessment of the constitutional claims is debatable or wrong.
Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); see Miller-El v.
Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336-38 (2003).
denies
relief
demonstrate
both
on
procedural
that
the
When the district court
grounds,
dispositive
the
prisoner
procedural
ruling
must
is
debatable, and that the motion states a debatable claim of the
denial of a constitutional right.
Slack, 529 U.S. at 484-85.
We have independently reviewed the record and conclude
that McKinnon has not made the requisite showing.
Accordingly,
we deny a certificate of appealability, deny leave to proceed in
forma pauperis, and dismiss the appeal.
We dispense with oral
argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately
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presented in the materials before the court and argument would
not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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