Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Moises FRIAS-GUEVARA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-06-17
Citations: 654 F. App'x 148
Docket Number: No. 15-8003
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Moises FRIAS-GUEVARA, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before NIEMEYER, MOTZ, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 654
Pages: 148–149

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Moises FRIAS-GUEVARA, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 15-8003
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: June 13, 2016
Decided: June 17, 2016
Moisés Frias-Guevara, Appellant Pro Se. Sandra Jane Hairston, Robert Michael Hamilton, Angela Hewlett Miller, Assistant United States Attorneys, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Before NIEMEYER, MOTZ, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions áre not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Moises Frias-Guevara seeks to appeal the district court's order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and 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 appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B) (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 Frias-Guevara has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appeala-bility 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.