Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Anthony McCLAIN, a/k/a Ice, a/k/a New York, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-12-16
Citations: 115 F. App'x 152
Docket Number: No. 04-7413
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Anthony McCLAIN, a/k/a Ice, a/k/a New York, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 115
Pages: 152–153

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Anthony McCLAIN, a/k/a Ice, a/k/a New York, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 04-7413.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Dec. 9, 2004.
Decided: Dec. 16, 2004.
Anthony McClain, Appellant pro se.
Christopher Todd Hagins, Office of the United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina; Scarlett Anne Wilson, Office of the United States Attorney, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Anthony McClain seeks to appeal the district court's order construing his motion as having been filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2000) and denying the motion as successive. We find the court correctly construed the motion as having been filed under § 2255. An appeal may not be taken from the final order in a § 2255 proceeding unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1) (2000). 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) (2000). A prisoner satisfies this standard by demonstrating that reasonable jurists would find that his constitutional claims are debatable and that any dispositive procedural rulings by the district court are also debatable or wrong. See Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336, 123 S.Ct. 1029, 154 L.Ed.2d 931 (2003); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484, 120 S.Ct. 1595, 146 L.Ed.2d 542 (2000); Rose v. Lee, 252 F.3d 676, 683 (4th Cir.2001). We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that McClain has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal. We also deny McClain's motion for a stay. 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