Case Name: Natalia Leshchenko WILSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Tammy BROWN, Warden of the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-09-13
Citations: 697 F. App'x 196
Docket Number: No. 16-7628
Parties: Natalia Leshchenko WILSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Tammy BROWN, Warden of the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before WILKINSON and SHEDD, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 697
Pages: 196–196

Head Matter:
Natalia Leshchenko WILSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Tammy BROWN, Warden of the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 16-7628
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: August 29, 2017
Decided: September 13, 2017
Alexey Valerievich Tarasov, Houston, Texas, for Appellant. Craig Stallard, Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Before WILKINSON and SHEDD, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Natalia Leshchenko Wilson seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on her 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012) petition. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) (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 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 Wilson 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