Case Name: Adentrius Mariah BARLEY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Larry T. EDMONDS, Warden, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-02-03
Citations: 463 F. App'x 232
Docket Number: No. 11-7312
Parties: Adentrius Mariah BARLEY, Petitioner—Appellant, v. Larry T. EDMONDS, Warden, Respondent—Appellee.
Judges: Before NIEMEYER, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 463
Pages: 232–233

Head Matter:
Adentrius Mariah BARLEY, Petitioner—Appellant, v. Larry T. EDMONDS, Warden, Respondent—Appellee.
No. 11-7312.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Jan. 31, 2012.
Decided: Feb. 3, 2012.
Adentrius Mariah Barley, Appellant Pro Se.
Before NIEMEYER, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Adentrius Mariah Barley seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2006) petition as untimely filed and a subsequent order denying reconsideration. The orders are 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 Barley has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal. We further deny Barley's motions to correct or modify the record and to extend filing time for a corrected informal opening brief. 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.