Case Name: Michael GLEASON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. George JANICE, Warden, Stevens Correctional Center, Respondent-Appellee, and Honorable Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-01-28
Citations: 553 F. App'x 312
Docket Number: No. 13-7776
Parties: Michael GLEASON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. George JANICE, Warden, Stevens Correctional Center, Respondent-Appellee, and Honorable Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
Judges: Before WILKINSON and DIAZ, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 553
Pages: 312–313

Head Matter:
Michael GLEASON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. George JANICE, Warden, Stevens Correctional Center, Respondent-Appellee, and Honorable Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Attorney General, Respondent.
No. 13-7776.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Jan. 23, 2014.
Decided: Jan. 28, 2014.
Thomas Gregory Dyer, Dyer Law Office, Clarksburg, West Virginia; David J. Joffe, Joffe Law, P.A., Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for Appellant. Laura Young, Office of the Attorney General of West Virginia, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appel-lee.
Before WILKINSON and DIAZ, 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Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Michael Gleason 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 (2006) petition. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) (2006). 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) (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 Gleason 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 con tentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED.