Johnson v. Secretary of Public Safety & Correctional Services , 357 F. App'x 520 ( 2009 )


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  •                               UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 09-7380
    SANTOS FLORES,
    Petitioner - Appellant,
    v.
    GENE JOHNSON, Director of the Department of Corrections,
    Respondent - Appellee.
    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
    District of Virginia, at Alexandria.     Leonie M. Brinkema,
    District Judge. (1:09-cv-00350-LMB-TRJ)
    Submitted:    December 15, 2009             Decided:   December 18, 2009
    Before MICHAEL and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
    Circuit Judge.
    Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Santos Flores, Appellant Pro Se.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
    PER CURIAM:
    Santos       Flores   seeks     to     appeal      the    district       court’s
    order denying as untimely his 
    28 U.S.C. § 2254
     (2006) petition.
    The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge
    issues     a     certificate           of    appealability.               See     
    28 U.S.C. § 2253
    (c)(1) (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).         A
    prisoner       satisfies        this         standard        by     demonstrating            that
    reasonable       jurists       would        find    that     any     assessment         of     the
    constitutional         claims     by    the    district       court      is     debatable       or
    wrong and that any dispositive procedural ruling by the district
    court is likewise debatable.                       See Miller-El v. Cockrell, 
    537 U.S. 322
    , 336-38 (2003); Slack v. McDaniel, 
    529 U.S. 473
    , 484
    (2000); Rose v. Lee, 
    252 F.3d 676
    , 683-84 (4th Cir. 2001).                                      We
    have independently reviewed the record and conclude that Flores
    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 the
    court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
    DISMISSED
    2
    

Document Info

Docket Number: 09-7380

Citation Numbers: 357 F. App'x 520

Judges: Michael, Duncan, Hamilton

Filed Date: 12/18/2009

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 11/5/2024