Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Beth Ann BROYLES, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-07-31
Citations: 580 F. App'x 197
Docket Number: No. 14-6354
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Beth Ann BROYLES, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 580
Pages: 197–198

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Beth Ann BROYLES, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 14-6354.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: July 21, 2014.
Decided: July 31, 2014.
Beth Ann Broyles, Appellant Pro Se. Scott Christopher Alleman, Office of the United States Attorney, Joseph Evan De-Padilla, Stephen Westley Haynie, Assistant United States Attorneys, Norfolk, Virginia; Gurney Wingate Grant, II, Assistant United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Before GREGORY, DUNCAN, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Beth Ann Broyles seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on her 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 Broyles has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny Broyles' motion for 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.