Case Name: Marlin McCLAIN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Thomas L. McBRIDE, Warden, Mount Olive Correctional Complex, Respondent-Appellee. and Mike Coleman, Warden, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-12-30
Citations: 160 F. App'x 323
Docket Number: No. 05-7213
Parties: Marlin McCLAIN, Petitioner—Appellant, v. Thomas L. McBRIDE, Warden, Mount Olive Correctional Complex, Respondent—Appellee, and Mike Coleman, Warden, Respondent.
Judges: Before WIDENER, NIEMEYER, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 160
Pages: 323–324

Head Matter:
Marlin McCLAIN, Petitioner—Appellant, v. Thomas L. McBRIDE, Warden, Mount Olive Correctional Complex, Respondent—Appellee, and Mike Coleman, Warden, Respondent.
No. 05-7213.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Dec. 22, 2005.
Decided Dec. 30, 2005.
Marlin McClain, Appellant Pro Se. Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Dawn Ellen Warfield, Office of the Attorney General of West Virginia, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee.
Before WIDENER, NIEMEYER, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Marlin McClain 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. This 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 the district court's assessment of his constitutional claims is debatable and that any dispositive procedural findings by the district court are also debatable or wrong. See 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 (4th Cir.2001). We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that McClain 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