Case Name: Douglas ANTRUM, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gene M. JOHNSON, Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections; Bryan Waldron; Elizabeth Ann Lagier; James Arthur Devita, Respondents-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-07-29
Citations: 390 F. App'x 290
Docket Number: No. 09-7599
Parties: Douglas ANTRUM, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gene M. JOHNSON, Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections; Bryan Waldron; Elizabeth Ann Lagier; James Arthur Devita, Respondents-Appellees.
Judges: Before NIEMEYER, GREGORY, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 390
Pages: 290–290

Head Matter:
Douglas ANTRUM, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gene M. JOHNSON, Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections; Bryan Waldron; Elizabeth Ann Lagier; James Arthur Devita, Respondents-Appellees.
No. 09-7599.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: July 22, 2010.
Decided: July 29, 2010.
Douglas Antrum, Appellant Pro Se. Karen Misbach, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia; Bryan Waldron, Elizabeth Ann LaGier, James Arthur DeVita, Butler Legal Group, P.L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellees.
Before NIEMEYER, GREGORY, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Affirmed in part; dismissed in part by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Douglas Antrum, a state prisoner, appeals the district court's order denying relief on his Fed.R.Civ.P. 11 motion for sanctions. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm the denial of sanctions for the reasons stated by the district court. See Antrum v. Johnson, No. 2:07-cvr00552-JBF-JEB (E.D. Va. filed July 30, 2009 & entered July 31, 2009).
The district court also denied relief on Antrum's Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b) motion challenging the prior denial of his petition under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2006). That portion of the order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1) (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 petition 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 Antrum has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we dismiss the portion of the appeal denying Antrum's Rule 60(b) motion relating to the prior denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition.
We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED IN PART; DISMISSED IN PART.