Case Name: Joseph W. GUILBEAUX, III, Petitioner-Appellant, v. ALTON BASKERVILLE, WARDEN, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-04-21
Citations: 126 F. App'x 149
Docket Number: No. 05-6248
Parties: Joseph W. GUILBEAUX, III, Petitioner—Appellant, v. ALTON BASKERVILLE, WARDEN, Respondent—Appellee.
Judges: Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 126
Pages: 149–149

Head Matter:
Joseph W. GUILBEAUX, III, Petitioner—Appellant, v. ALTON BASKERVILLE, WARDEN, Respondent—Appellee.
No. 05-6248.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: April 14, 2005.
Decided: April 21, 2005.
Kristie Lee Kane, Fredericksburg, Virginia, for Appellant.
Leah Ann Darron, Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and MICHAEL, 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Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Joseph Wilson Guilbeaux, III, seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing as untimely his petition filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000). The 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 his constitutional claims are debatable and that any dispositive procedural rulings 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, 683-84 (4th Cir.2001). We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that Guilbeaux 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