Tavon Mouzone v. Frank Bishop, Jr.

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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Originating case number: 1:16-cv-04023-ELH. Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [1000352340]. Mailed to: Tavon Mouzone NORTH BRANCH CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION 14100 McMullen Highway, SW Cumberland, MD 21502. [18-6553]

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Appeal: 18-6553 Doc: 5 Filed: 08/21/2018 Pg: 1 of 2 UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 18-6553 TAVON MARTEZ MOUZONE, Petitioner - Appellant, v. WARDEN FRANK BISHOP, JR.; THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND, Respondents - Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Ellen L. Hollander, District Judge. (1:16-cv-04023-ELH) Submitted: August 16, 2018 Decided: August 21, 2018 Before WYNN and DIAZ, Circuit Judges, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Tavon Mouzone, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. Appeal: 18-6553 Doc: 5 Filed: 08/21/2018 Pg: 2 of 2 PER CURIAM: Tavon Martez Mouzone 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.” 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2) (2012). 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 Mouzone has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process. DISMISSED 2

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