Case Name: Eron James TASCOE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. WARDEN OF LEE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, Respondent-Appellee, and The State of South Carolina; County of Dorchester; St. George South Carolina, Respondents
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-11-13
Citations: 701 F. App'x 274
Docket Number: No. 17-6720
Parties: Eron James TASCOE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. WARDEN OF LEE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, Respondent-Appellee, and The State of South Carolina; County of Dorchester; St. George South Carolina, Respondents.
Judges: Before WILKINSON, WYNN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 701
Pages: 274–275

Head Matter:
Eron James TASCOE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. WARDEN OF LEE CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION, Respondent-Appellee, and The State of South Carolina; County of Dorchester; St. George South Carolina, Respondents.
No. 17-6720
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: November 6, 2017
Decided: November 13, 2017
Eron James Tascoe, Appellant Pro Se. Alan Wilson, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, South Carolina, for Ap-pellee. .
Before WILKINSON, WYNN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Eron James Tascoe seeks to appeal the district court's order adopting the magis trate judge's recommendation and dismissing as time-barred Tascoe's 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012) petition. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2258(c)(1)(A) (2012). 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) (2012). 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 Tascoe has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability, deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis, and dismiss the appeal. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED'