Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marc Eric JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-03-17
Citations: 638 F. App'x 246
Docket Number: No. 15-7460
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Marc Eric JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before DUNCAN, DIAZ, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 638
Pages: 246–247

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Marc Eric JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 15-7460.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Feb. 25, 2016.
Decided March 17, 2016.
Marc Eric Johnson, Appellant Pro Se. Marc Birnbaum, Scott Andrew Claffee, Special Assistant United States Attorneys, Bryan Michael Byrd, Kellen Sean Dwyer, Jason David Jones, Adam Ptashkin, Michael R. Tregle, Anna A. Vlasova, Office of the United States Attorney, Mary Kath erine Barr Daly, Assistant United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appel-lee.
Before DUNCAN, DIAZ, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER' CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Marc Eric Johnson seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appeal-ability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B) (2012). A certificate of appealability 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 Johnson 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.