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U.S. v. Romero

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
May 30, 2008
279 F. App'x 245 (4th Cir. 2008)

Opinion

No. 08-6392.

Submitted: May 22, 2008.

Decided: May 30, 2008.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, at Durham. N. Carlton Tilley, Jr., District Judge. (1:00-cr-00362-NCT-1; 1:06-cv-00167-NCR-WWD).

Cirilo Lopez Romero, Appellant Pro Se. Angela Hewlett Miller, Assistant United States Attorney, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Before MOTZ and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.


Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.


Cirilo Lopez Romero seeks to appeal the district court's order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and dismissing as untimely his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2000) motion. 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 any assessment of the constitutional claims by the district court is debatable or wrong and that any dispositive procedural ruling by the district court is likewise debatable. 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 Romero has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny Romero's motion for 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.


Summaries of

U.S. v. Romero

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
May 30, 2008
279 F. App'x 245 (4th Cir. 2008)
Case details for

U.S. v. Romero

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cirilo Lopez ROMERO…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Date published: May 30, 2008

Citations

279 F. App'x 245 (4th Cir. 2008)