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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Derrick Vincent REDD, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 13-7979.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
    Submitted: Feb. 27, 2014.
    Decided: March 5, 2014.
    Derrick Vincent Redd, Appellant Pro Se. Robert Andrew Spencer, Office of the United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.
    Before NIEMEYER, KING, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.
   Dismissed in part, affirmed in part by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM:

Derrick Vincent Redd seeks to appeal the district court’s order treating his Fed. R.Civ.P. 59(e) motion as a successive 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion, and dismissing it on that basis. He also seeks to appeal that part of the order denying his motion for a copy of Grand Jury transcripts. The part of the order denying his Rule 59(e) motion as successive and without authorization is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B) (2012). A certificate of appealability will not issue absent “a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.” 28 U.S.C. § 2258(c)(2) (2012). 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, 529 U.S. 473, 484, 120 S.Ct. 1595, 146 L.Ed.2d 542 (2000); see Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336-38, 123 S.Ct. 1029, 154 L.Ed.2d 931 (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, 529 U.S. at 484-85, 120 S.Ct. 1595.

We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that Redd has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss in part the appeal.

Additionally, we construe Redd’s notice of appeal and informal brief as an application to file a second or successive § 2255 motion. United States v. Winestock, 340 F.3d 200, 208 (4th Cir.2003). In order to obtain authorization to file a successive § 2255 motion, a prisoner must assert claims based on either:

(1) newly discovered evidence that ... would be sufficient to establish by clear and convincing evidence that no reasonable factfinder would have found the movant guilty of the offense; or
(2) a new rule of constitutional law, made retroactive to cases on collateral review by the Supreme Court, that was previously unavailable.

28 U.S.C. § 2255(h) (2012). Redd’s claims do not satisfy either of these criteria. Therefore, we deny authorization to file a successive § 2255 motion.

We also affirm in part that part of the district court’s order denying Redd’s motion for a copy of the Grand Jury transcripts on the reasoning of the district court. Redd v. United States, No. 1:97—cr-00006-JCC, 2013 WL 6185178 (E.D.Va. Nov. 26, 2103).

We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED IN PART; AFFIRMED IN PART.