Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alvaro Ezequeil ALAS, a/k/a Baltimore Alas, a/k/a Alvaro Ezequiel Alas, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-10-29
Citations: 545 F. App'x 192
Docket Number: No. 13-6848
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alvaro Ezequeil ALAS, a/k/a Baltimore Alas, a/k/a Alvaro Ezequiel Alas, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before KING and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 545
Pages: 192–193

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alvaro Ezequeil ALAS, a/k/a Baltimore Alas, a/k/a Alvaro Ezequiel Alas, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 13-6848.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Oct. 9, 2013.
Decided: Oct. 29, 2013.
Alvaro Ezequeil Alas, Appellant Pro Se. Andrew Burke Moorman, Office of the United States Attorney, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Before KING and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Alvaro Ezequeil Alas seeks to appeal the district court's order denying his motion to reconsider the denial of his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp.2013) motion. The order is not appealable unless a circuit jus tice or judge issues a certificate of appeal-ability. 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. § 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 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 Alas 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.