Case Name: Wasim Ata BEY, Erick Sealey, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John R. KYPLINSKI, Superintendent, Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-05-20
Citations: 649 F. App'x 301
Docket Number: No. 15-7975
Parties: Wasim Ata BEY, Erick Sealey, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John R. KYPLINSKI, Superintendent, Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before SHEDD, DIAZ, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 649
Pages: 301–301

Head Matter:
Wasim Ata BEY, Erick Sealey, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John R. KYPLINSKI, Superintendent, Virginia Peninsula Regional Jail, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 15-7975.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: May 18, 2016.
Decided: May 20, 2016.
Wasim Ata Bey, Appellant Pro Se. John Chadwick Johnson, Frith, Anderson & Peake, PC, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appel-lee.
Before SHEDD, DIAZ, and HARRIS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Wasim Ata Bey seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing 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)(A) (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 petition 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 Bey has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability, deny Bey's motion to proceed in forma pauperis, 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.