Case Name: Devon FORD, a/k/a Deven Ford, a/k/a Devin Ford, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael McCALL, Warden, Lee Correctional Institution, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-03-10
Citations: 560 F. App'x 179
Docket Number: No. 13-7471
Parties: Devon FORD, a/k/a Deven Ford, a/k/a Devin Ford, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael McCALL, Warden, Lee Correctional Institution, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before NIEMEYER, MOTZ, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 560
Pages: 179–180

Head Matter:
Devon FORD, a/k/a Deven Ford, a/k/a Devin Ford, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael McCALL, Warden, Lee Correctional Institution, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 13-7471.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Feb. 26, 2014.
Decided: March 10, 2014.
Jeremy A. Thompson, Law Office of Jeremy A. Thompson, LLC, Columbia, SC, for Appellant. Alphonso Simon, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Donald John Zelen-ka, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Columbia, SC, for Appellee.
Before NIEMEYER, MOTZ, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Devon Ford seeks to appeal the district court's order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012) petition. The order is 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 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 Ford 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.