Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christopher Keon GREEN, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-09-11
Citations: 615 F. App'x 819
Docket Number: No. 15-6619
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christopher Keon GREEN, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before SHEDD, WYNN, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 615
Pages: 819–820

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christopher Keon GREEN, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 15-6619.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Sept. 9, 2015.
Decided: Sept. 11, 2015.
Christopher Keon Green, Appellant Pro Se. Shailika S. Kotiya, Kimberly Ann Moore, Office of the United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Before SHEDD, WYNN, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Christopher Keon Green seeks to appeal the district court's orders dismissing as untimely his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion and denying his motion for reconsideration. The orders are not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B) (2012). 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) (2012). 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 Green 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.