Jones v. Heimgartner

ORDER AND JUDGMENT *

PAUL J. KELLY, JR., Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-Appellant Charles Jones, a Kansas state inmate appearing pro se, seeks a certificate of appealability (COA) so that he may appeal the district court’s denial of his habeas petition, 28 U.S.C. § 2254. In order to obtain a COA, Mr. Jones must make a “substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.” 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). The district court found that Mr. Jones’ petition was time-barred. Thus, Mr. Jones must show “that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the petition states a valid claim of the denial of…