Shawn Blake v. Brad Perritt

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--denying Motion to proceed in forma pauperis (FRAP 24) [999381578-2] Originating case number: 5:13-hc-02262-BO Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999443702]. Mailed to: Shawn Blake. [14-6852]

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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-6852

SHAWN ODELL BLAKE,
Petitioner – Appellant,
v.
BRAD PERRITT,
Respondent - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh.
Terrence W. Boyle,
District Judge. (5:13-hc-02262-BO)

Submitted:

September 23, 2014

Before NIEMEYER and
Senior Circuit Judge.

GREGORY,

Decided:

Circuit

September 26, 2014

Judges,

and

HAMILTON,

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Shawn Odell Blake, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
Shawn Odell Blake seeks to appeal the district court’s
orders

dismissing

as

untimely

his

28

U.S.C.

§

2254

petition and denying his motion for reconsideration.

(2012)

The orders

are not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a
certificate of appealability.
A

certificate

of

28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) (2012).

appealability

will

not

issue

absent

“a

substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.”
28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2) (2012).
relief

on

the

demonstrating
district

merits,
that

court’s

debatable

or

a

prisoner

reasonable

assessment

wrong.

When the district court denies

Slack

satisfies

jurists

this

would

of

the

v.

McDaniel,

standard

find

constitutional
529

U.S.

by

that

the

claims

is

473,

484

(2000); see Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336-38 (2003).
When the district court denies relief on procedural grounds, the
prisoner must demonstrate both that the dispositive procedural
ruling is debatable, and that the petition 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 Blake 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 this court and argument would
not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

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