Case Name: Andre Fidel HOPKINS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. S.K. YOUNG, Warden; Commonwealth of Virginia; Gene Johnson, Director, Department of Corrections, Respondents-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-06-28
Citations: 385 F. App'x 334
Docket Number: No. 10-6358
Parties: Andre Fidel HOPKINS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. S.K. YOUNG, Warden; Commonwealth of Virginia; Gene Johnson, Director, Department of Corrections, Respondents-Appellees.
Judges: Before MOTZ and KING, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 385
Pages: 334–334

Head Matter:
Andre Fidel HOPKINS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. S.K. YOUNG, Warden; Commonwealth of Virginia; Gene Johnson, Director, Department of Corrections, Respondents-Appellees.
No. 10-6358.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: June 17, 2010.
Decided: June 28, 2010.
Andre Fidel Hopkins, Appellant Pro Se.
Before MOTZ and KING, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Andre Fidel Hopkins seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2006) petition as untimely filed. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certifícate of appealability. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1) (2006). A certificate of ap-pealability will not issue absent "a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right." 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2) (2006). 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 Hopkins has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal. We further deny Hopkins' motions for leave to file all district court documents and to order the record. 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.