Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kalu KALU, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-10-21
Citations: 543 F. App'x 305
Docket Number: No. 13-6868
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kalu KALU, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before DAVIS, WYNN, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 543
Pages: 305–306

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kalu KALU, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 13-6868.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Sept. 19, 2013.
Decided: Oct. 21, 2013.
Kalu Kalu, Appellant Pro Se. Shailika K. Shah, Office of the United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Before DAVIS, WYNN, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Kalu Kalu seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp.2013) motion. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of ap-pealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2258(c)(1)(B) (2006). 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) (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, 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).
We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that Kalu has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal. 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.