Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Santonio Lenord MINUS, a/k/a Cheese, a/k/a Baldhead, a/k/a B.G., a/k/a Santonio Minus, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-04-04
Citations: 684 F. App'x 283
Docket Number: No. 16-7511
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Santonio Lenord MINUS, a/k/a Cheese, a/k/a Baldhead, a/k/a B.G., a/k/a Santonio Minus, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before TRAXLER and WYNN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 684
Pages: 283–283

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Santonio Lenord MINUS, a/k/a Cheese, a/k/a Baldhead, a/k/a B.G., a/k/a Santonio Minus, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 16-7511
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: March 30, 2017
Decided: April 4, 2017
Santonio Lenord Minus, Appellant Pro Se.
Jennifer R. Bockhorst, Assistant United States - Attorney, Abingdon, Virginia; Grayson A. Hoffman, Jeb Thomas Ter-rien, Assistant United States Attorneys, Harrisonburg, Virginia; Jean Barrett Hudson, Assistant United States Attorney, Charlottesville, Virginia; Craig Jon Jacobsen, Assistant United States Attorney, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellee.
Before TRAXLER and WYNN, 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Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Santonio Lenord Minus 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 Minus 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