Case Name: Curtis L. WADE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael HARDEE, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-04-07
Citations: 565 F. App'x 201
Docket Number: No. 13-7583
Parties: Curtis L. WADE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael HARDEE, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 565
Pages: 201–201

Head Matter:
Curtis L. WADE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael HARDEE, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 13-7583.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Feb. 25, 2014.
Decided: April 7, 2014.
Curtis L. Wade, Appellant Pro Se.
Before NIEMEYER and KING, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Curtis L. Wade seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012) petition as untimely. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(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 Wade 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.