Case Name: Gerry Lee MCCOY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-07-14
Citations: 102 F. App'x 355
Docket Number: No. 04-6359
Parties: Gerry Lee MCCOY, Petitioner—Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent—Appellee.
Judges: Before WIDENER and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 102
Pages: 355–355

Head Matter:
Gerry Lee MCCOY, Petitioner—Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent—Appellee.
No. 04-6359.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: June 21, 2004.
Decided: July 14, 2004.
Gerry Lee McCoy, Appellant pro se.
Before WIDENER and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Gerry Lee McCoy seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2000) petition. McCoy cannot appeal this order unless a circuit judge or justice issues a certificate of appealability, and a certifícate of appealability will not issue absent a "substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right." 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2) (2000). A habeas appellant meets this standard by demonstrating that reasonable jurists would find that his constitutional claims are debatable and that any dispositive procedural rulings by the district court are also debatable or wrong. See Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336, 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 (4th Cir.2001). We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that McCoy 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