Case Name: Eddie C. GOLSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Warden MCFADDEN, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2018-02-02
Citations: 710 F. App'x 164
Docket Number: No. 17-7185
Parties: Eddie C. GOLSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Warden MCFADDEN, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before MOTZ and KEENAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 710
Pages: 164–165

Head Matter:
Eddie C. GOLSON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Warden MCFADDEN, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 17-7185
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: January 30, 2018
Decided: February 2, 2018
Eddie C. Golson, Appellant Pro Se. William Edgar Salter, III, Assistant Attorney General, Donald John Zelenka, Deputy Attorney General, OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee,
Before MOTZ and KEENAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Eddie C. Golson seeks to appeal the district court's order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and denying relief on 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 ap-pealability 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 Golson 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
To the extent that Golson seeks to challenge the district court's rejection of his claims asserting that counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to object at two points during trial, he has waived review of those issues. See United States v. Midgette, 478 F.3d 616, 622 (4th Cir. 2007) (holding that party must object specifically to recommendation on particular issue to preserve that issue for appeal).