Case Name: Wanda Katrice GORDON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Barbara J. WHEELER, Warden, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-06-07
Citations: 229 F. App'x 249
Docket Number: No. 07-6073
Parties: Wanda Katrice GORDON, Petitioner—Appellant, v. Barbara J. WHEELER, Warden, Respondent—Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 229
Pages: 249–250

Head Matter:
Wanda Katrice GORDON, Petitioner—Appellant, v. Barbara J. WHEELER, Warden, Respondent—Appellee.
No. 07-6073.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: May 31, 2007.
Decided: June 7, 2007.
Wanda Katrice Gordon, Appellant Pro Se.
Before WILKINSON, TRAXLER, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Wanda Katrice Gordon seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief without prejudice on her 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000) petition. The order is not appeal-able unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1) (2000). 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) (2000). 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 dis-positive 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 record and conclude that Gordon 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.