Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David Alexander RAMEY, Jr., Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-09-26
Citations: 584 F. App'x 58
Docket Number: No. 14-6629
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David Alexander RAMEY, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before NIEMEYER, GREGORY, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 584
Pages: 58–59

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David Alexander RAMEY, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.
No. 14-6629.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Sept. 15, 2014.
Decided: Sept. 26, 2014.
David Alexander Ramey, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Ronald Andrew Bassford, Assistant United States Attorney, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellee.
Before NIEMEYER, GREGORY, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
David Alexander Ramey, Jr., seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing as untimely 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 Ramey has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, although we grant Ramey's motion to supplement his informal brief, 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.