Case Name: Dwayne FRAZIER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. State of MARYLAND, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-05-17
Citations: 648 F. App'x 366
Docket Number: No. 15-7995
Parties: Dwayne FRAZIER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. State of MARYLAND, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before WILKINSON, AGEE, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 648
Pages: 366–367

Head Matter:
Dwayne FRAZIER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. State of MARYLAND, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 15-7995.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: May 12, 2016.
Decided: May 17, 2016.
Dwayne Frazier, Appellant Pro Se. Edward John Kelley, Office Of The Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.
Before WILKINSON, AGEE, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Dwayne Frazier seeks to appeal the district court's orders dismissing as untimely his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012) petition and denying his motion for reconsideration. The orders are 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, 120 S.Ct. 1595, 146 L.Ed.2d 542 (2000); see Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336-38, 123 S.Ct. 1029, 154 L.Ed.2d 931 (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, 120 S.Ct. 1595.
We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that Frazier 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 this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED.