Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edeogochineme AGBUGBA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-07-24
Citations: 693 F. App'x 238
Docket Number: No. 17-6205
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edeogochineme AGBUGBA, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before DUNCAN and WYNN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge,
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 693
Pages: 238–239

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Edeogochineme AGBUGBA, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 17-6205
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: July 20, 2017
Decided: July 24, 2017
Edeogochineme Agbugba, Appellant Pro Se, Christopher Lee Andrew Flagg, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Christopher John Romano, Assistant United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.
Before DUNCAN and WYNN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge,

Opinion:
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
. Edeogochineme Agbugba 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 ap-pealability. 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 Agbugba 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