Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vernon Paul McLEAN, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-06-23
Citations: 327 F. App'x 397
Docket Number: No. 09-6504
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Vernon Paul McLEAN, Defendant—Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 327
Pages: 397–398

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Vernon Paul McLEAN, Defendant—Appellant.
No. 09-6504.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: June 12, 2009.
Decided: June 23, 2009.
Vernon Paul McLean, Appellant Pro Se. Stanley Duane Ragsdale, William Kenneth Witherspoon, Assistant United States Attorneys, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Before MOTZ and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Vernon Paul McLean seeks to appeal the district court's orders denying his Fed. R. Civ.P. 60(b) motion and denying his motion for reconsideration. The orders are not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1) (2006); Reid v. Angelone, 369 F.3d 363, 369 (4th Cir.2004). 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) (2006). A prisoner satisfies this standard by demonstrating that reasonable jurists would find that any assessment of the constitutional claims by the district court is debatable or wrong and that any dispositive procedural ruling by the district court is likewise debatable. Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336-38, 123 S.Ct. 1029, 154 L.Ed.2d 931 (2003); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484, 120 S. Ct. 1595, 146 L.Ed.2d 542 (2000); Rose v. Lee, 252 F.3d 676, 683-84 (4th Cir.2001). We have independently reviewed the rec-
ord and conclude that McLean 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 the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED.