Jose L. Gonzales v. Bryan Well
Filing
UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--denying Motion certificate of appealability (Local Rule 22(a)) [999952451-2]; denying Motion to proceed in forma pauperis (FRAP 24) [999967387-2] Originating case number: 5:16-hc-02010-D Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [1000016745]. Mailed to: Jose L. Gonzales PENDER CORRECTIONAL CENTER P. O. Box 1058 Burgaw, NC 28425-0000. [16-7423]
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 16-7423
JOSE L. GONZALES,
Petitioner - Appellant,
v.
BRYAN WELLS,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. James C. Dever, III, Chief
District Judge. (5:16-hc-02010-D)
Submitted:
January 31, 2017
Decided:
February 3, 2017
Before WILKINSON, KEENAN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Jose L. Gonzales, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Jose L. Gonzales seeks to appeal the district court’s order
dismissing as untimely his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012) petition.
The
order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues
a certificate of appealability.
28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) (2012).
A certificate of appealability will not issue absent “a substantial
showing of the denial of a constitutional right.”
§ 2253(c)(2) (2012).
28 U.S.C.
When the district court denies relief on the
merits, a prisoner satisfies this standard by demonstrating that
reasonable jurists would find that the district 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).
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
Gonzales has not made the requisite showing.
Accordingly, we deny
Gonzales’ motion for 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
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before
this
court
and
argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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