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Parties Involved:
Oscar Faulkenberry
Appellee
Willie Felder
Appellant
Henry Dargan McMaster
Appellee

Document Text:

UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 07-6765

WILLIE FELDER,

Petitioner - Appellant,

versus

OSCAR FAULKENBERRY, Warden, Kershaw

Correctional Institution; HENRY DARGAN

MCMASTER, Attorney General of the State of

South Carolina,

Respondents - Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of

South Carolina, at Florence. Patrick Michael Duffy, District

Judge. (4:06-cv-01377-PMD)

Submitted: October 31, 2007 Decided: November 30, 2007

Before MOTZ and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior

Circuit Judge.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Willie Felder, Appellant Pro Se. Donald John Zelenka, Melody Jane

Brown, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia,

South Carolina, for Appellees.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Willie Felder seeks to appeal the district court’s order

denying as untimely his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000) petition. The

order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a

certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1) (2000). 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) (2000). 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. 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 Felder has not

made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny 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 adequately presented in the materials before

the court and argument would not aid the decisional process. 

DISMISSED

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