Case Name: Jerry BROWN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jon OZMINT, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections; Henry McMaster, Attorney General of the State of South Carolina; Warden, MacDougall Correctional Institution, Respondents-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-07-12
Citations: 232 F. App'x 360
Docket Number: No. 07-6200
Parties: Jerry BROWN, Petitioner—Appellant, v. Jon OZMINT, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections; Henry McMaster, Attorney General of the State of South Carolina; Warden, MacDougall Correctional Institution, Respondents—Appellees.
Judges: Before WILLIAMS, Chief Judge, and WILKINSON and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 232
Pages: 360–360

Head Matter:
Jerry BROWN, Petitioner—Appellant, v. Jon OZMINT, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections; Henry McMaster, Attorney General of the State of South Carolina; Warden, MacDougall Correctional Institution, Respondents—Appellees.
No. 07-6200.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: June 20, 2007.
Decided: July 12, 2007.
Jerry Brown, Appellant Pro Se.
Before WILLIAMS, Chief Judge, and WILKINSON and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Jerry Brown 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 dis-positive 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 Brown 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.