Robert Steven LOGAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. WARDEN, Lieber Correctional Institution, Respondent-Appellee, and State of South Carolina; South Carolina Department of Corrections; Henry Dargan McMaster, Attorney General of the State of South Carolina, Respondents, 250 F. App'x 575

PER CURIAM: Robert Steven Logan seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying as untimely his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000) petition. 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 Logan has not made the requisite showing.

Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability, dismiss the appeal, and deny Logan’s motion for appointment of counsel. 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.