Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christopher Fred GOAD, Sr., Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-08-26
Citations: 538 F. App'x 325
Docket Number: No. 13-6541
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christopher Fred GOAD, Sr., Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 538
Pages: 325–326

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christopher Fred GOAD, Sr., Defendant-Appellant.
No. 13-6541.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Aug. 22, 2013.
Decided: Aug. 26, 2013.
Christopher Fred Goad, Sr., Appellant Pro Se. Charles Everett James, Jr., Chief Deputy Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia; Michael Ronald Gill, Assistant United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Before MOTZ, DIAZ, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Christopher Fred Goad, Sr., seeks to appeal the district court's orders denying relief on his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp.2013) motion and his Fed.R.Civ.P. 59(e) motion. The orders are not appeal-able unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B) (2006). A certificate of ap-pealability 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). 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 Goad 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.