UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 10-6370

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

THOMAS EDWARD CARGILL,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Greenbelt. Roger W. Titus, District Judge. (8:08- cr-00204-RWT-1; 8:09-cv-03055-RWT)

Submitted: October 14, 2010 Decided: October 21, 2010

Before MOTZ, KING, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Thomas Edward Cargill, Appellant Pro Se. Michael Joseph Leotta, Assistant United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:

Thomas Edward Cargill seeks to appeal the district

court’s order dismissing as untimely his

(West Supp. 2010) motion. The order is not appealable unless a

circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability.

(c)(1) (2006). A certificate of appealability

will not issue absent “a substantial showing of the denial of a

constitutional right.”

(c)(2) (2006). 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,

(2000); see Miller-El v. Cockrell,

(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 motion states a

debatable claim of the denial of a constitutional right. Slack,

. We have independently reviewed the record

and conclude that Cargill has not made the requisite showing.

Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss

the appeal. We further deny Cargill’s request for transcripts

at government expense. We dispense with oral argument because

the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the

2 materials before the court and argument would not aid the

decisional process.

DISMISSED

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