Collins v. Bear

ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY *

Gregory A. Phillips, Circuit Judge

Latoris DeWayne Collins, a state prisoner appearing pro se, 1 seeks a certificate of appealability (COA) to appeal the district court’s dismissal of his habeas petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2264 as untimely. Collins doesn’t contest that he filed his petition outside the statutory limitations period. Instead, he argues that he is entitled to equitable tolling. Because we conclude that jurists of reason would not find it debatable that the district court was correct in its procedural ruling, we deny Collins a COA and…