Shaun Love v. Larry Edmonds ( 2024 )


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  • USCA4 Appeal: 24-6521      Doc: 10         Filed: 11/05/2024    Pg: 1 of 2
    UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 24-6521
    SHAUN LOVE,
    Petitioner - Appellant,
    v.
    LARRY EDMONDS,
    Respondent - Appellee.
    Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at
    Richmond. David J. Novak, District Judge. (3:23-cv-00635-DJN-MRC)
    Submitted: October 30, 2024                                  Decided: November 5, 2024
    Before WYNN, HARRIS, and BERNER, Circuit Judges.
    Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Shaun Michael Love, Appellant Pro Se.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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    PER CURIAM:
    Shaun Love seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing as untimely his 
    28 U.S.C. § 2254
     petition.         See Gonzalez v. Thaler, 
    565 U.S. 134
    , 148 & n.9 (2012)
    (explaining that § 2254 petitions are subject to one-year statute of limitations, running from
    latest of four commencement dates enumerated in 
    28 U.S.C. § 2244
    (d)(1)). The order is
    not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 
    28 U.S.C. § 2253
    (c)(1)(A). 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). When, as here,
    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. Gonzalez, 
    565 U.S. at
    140-41 (citing Slack v.
    McDaniel, 
    529 U.S. 473
    , 484 (2000)).
    We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that Love 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
    *
    On appeal, Love does not dispute that his § 2254 petition was untimely. Rather,
    he maintains that the untimeliness should be excused because he has established a gateway
    claim of actual innocence. See McQuiggin v. Perkins, 
    569 U.S. 383
    , 386 (2013). We
    conclude that reasonable jurists could not debate the district court’s rejection of that
    argument.
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Document Info

Docket Number: 24-6521

Filed Date: 11/5/2024

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 11/6/2024