Case Name: David RABB, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Thomas MCBRIDE, Warden, Mount Olive Correctional Complex, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-11-22
Citations: 455 F. App'x 356
Docket Number: No. 11-6612
Parties: David RABB, Petitioner—Appellant, v. Thomas MCBRIDE, Warden, Mount Olive Correctional Complex, Respondent—Appellee.
Judges: Before KING, DAVIS, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 455
Pages: 356–356

Head Matter:
David RABB, Petitioner—Appellant, v. Thomas MCBRIDE, Warden, Mount Olive Correctional Complex, Respondent—Appellee.
No. 11-6612.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Nov. 17, 2011.
Decided: Nov. 22, 2011.
David Rabb, Appellant Pro Se. Dawn Ellen Warfield, Deputy Attorney General, Robert David Goldberg, Assistant Attorney General, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee.
Before KING, DAVIS, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
David Rabb seeks to appeal the district court's order accepting in part the recommendation of the magistrate judge and denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2006) petition. The order is not appeal-able unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) (2006). 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) (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 Rabb has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we grant Rabb's motion to file an amended informal brief, deny a certificate of appeal-ability, and dismiss the appeal. 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.
DISMISSED.