Case Name: Doneal BREWINGTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Theodis BECK, Secretary of Correction, NC; George Kenworthy, Superintendent, Lumberton Correctional Institution, Respondents-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-05-05
Citations: 179 F. App'x 168
Docket Number: No. 05-7987
Parties: Doneal BREWINGTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Theodis BECK, Secretary of Correction, NC; George Kenworthy, Superintendent, Lumberton Correctional Institution, Respondents—Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 179
Pages: 168–169

Head Matter:
Doneal BREWINGTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Theodis BECK, Secretary of Correction, NC; George Kenworthy, Superintendent, Lumberton Correctional Institution, Respondents—Appellees.
No. 05-7987.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted April 27, 2006.
Decided May 5, 2006.
Doneal Brewington, Appellant Pro Se. Clarence Joe DelForge, III, North Carolina Department of Justice, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.
Before NIEMEYER and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Doneal Brewington, a state prisoner, seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing as untimely his petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000). 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 the district court's assessment of his constitutional claims is debatable or wrong and that any dispositive procedural rulings by the district court are also debatable or wrong. See Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336-38, 123 S.Ct. 1029, 154 L.Ed.2d 931 (2003); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484, 120 S.Ct. 1595, 146 L.Ed.2d 542 (2000); Rose v. Lee, 252 F.3d 676, 683-84 (4th Cir.2001). We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that Brewington 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.