Case Name: Willie A. HOWELL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Colie L. RUSHTON, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-04-03
Citations: 275 F. App'x 183
Docket Number: No. 07-7743
Parties: Willie A. HOWELL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Colie L. RUSHTON, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 275
Pages: 183–184

Head Matter:
Willie A. HOWELL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Colie L. RUSHTON, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 07-7743.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: March 27, 2008.
Decided: April 3, 2008.
Willie A. Howell, Appellant Pro Se. Donald John Zelenka, William Edgar Salter, III, Office of the Attorney General of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Before TRAXLER and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Willie A. Howell seeks to appeal the district court's order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and dismissing 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 dispos-itive procedural ruling by the district court is likewise debatable. 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 Howell 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.