Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marty Dewayne LAWSON, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-03-18
Citations: 514 F. App'x 347
Docket Number: No. 13-6045
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marty Dewayne LAWSON, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before DIAZ, FLOYD, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 514
Pages: 347–348

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marty Dewayne LAWSON, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 13-6045.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: March 8, 2013.
Decided: March 18, 2013.
Marty Dewayne Lawson, Appellant Pro Se. Jennifer R. Bockhorst, Assistant United States Attorney, Abingdon, Virginia, for Appellee.
Before DIAZ, FLOYD, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Marty Dewayne Lawson seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing as untimely his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp. 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) (2006). 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) (2006). 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 Lawson 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.