Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vernon Paul McLEAN, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-12-21
Citations: 491 F. App'x 422
Docket Number: No. 12-7703
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vernon Paul McLEAN, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before MOTZ and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 491
Pages: 422–423

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vernon Paul McLEAN, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 12-7703.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Dec. 11, 2012.
Decided: Dec. 21, 2012.
Vernon Paul McLean, Appellant Pro Se. Stanley D. Ragsdale, William Kenneth Witherspoon, Assistant United States Attorneys, Columbia, South Carolina, for Ap-pellee.
Before MOTZ and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Vernon Paul McLean seeks to appeal the district court's orders denying relief on his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp.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) (2006). 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) (2006). 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 McLean has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we grant McLean's motion to include exhibits, 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.