United States v. Irby Dewitt , 502 F. App'x 257 ( 2012 )


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  •                              UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 12-7466
    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
    Plaintiff - Appellee,
    v.
    IRBY GENE DEWITT,
    Defendant - Appellant.
    Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
    South Carolina, at Florence.    Terry L. Wooten, District Judge.
    (4:04-cr-00795-TLW-4; 4:11-cv-70013-TLW)
    Submitted:   December 20, 2012             Decided:   December 27, 2012
    Before KING and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
    Circuit Judge.
    Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Irby Gene Dewitt, Appellant Pro Se.      Arthur Bradley Parham,
    Assistant United States Attorney, Florence, South Carolina, for
    Appellee.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
    PER CURIAM:
    Irby Gene Dewitt seeks to appeal the district court’s
    order dismissing as untimely his 
    28 U.S.C.A. § 2255
     (West Supp.
    2012) motion.           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.”          
    28 U.S.C. § 2253
    (c)(2) (2006).             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 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 Dewitt 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
    2
    contentions   are   adequately   presented   in   the   materials   before
    this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
    DISMISSED
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Document Info

Docket Number: 12-7466

Citation Numbers: 502 F. App'x 257

Filed Date: 12/27/2012

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 10/30/2014