Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David BARREN, a/k/a James Willie Jones, a/k/a Vincent Hutchins, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-02-18
Citations: 591 F. App'x 238
Docket Number: No. 14-7436
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David BARREN, a/k/a James Willie Jones, a/k/a Vincent Hutchins, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before MOTZ, WYNN, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 591
Pages: 238–238

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David BARREN, a/k/a James Willie Jones, a/k/a Vincent Hutchins, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 14-7436.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Feb. 12, 2015.
Decided: Feb. 18, 2015.
David Barren, Appellant Pro Se. Richard Charles Kay, Assistant United States Attorney, Seema Mittal, Charles Joseph Peters, Sr., Office of the United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appel-lee.
Before MOTZ, WYNN, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM' opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
David Barren 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 appealability. 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 Barren has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny Barren's motion for 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.