Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Latonya Renee DAVIS, a/k/a Pooh, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-07-01
Citations: 608 F. App'x 164
Docket Number: No. 15-6326
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Latonya Renee DAVIS, a/k/a Pooh, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before MOTZ, KING, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 608
Pages: 164–165

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Latonya Renee DAVIS, a/k/a Pooh, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 15-6326.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: June 29, 2015.
Decided: July 1, 2015.
Latonya Renee Davis, Appellant Pro Se. Beth Drake, Stacey Denise Haynes, Assistant United States Attorneys, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Before MOTZ, KING, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Latonya Renee Davis seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing as untimely her 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of ap-pealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B) (2012). 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) (2012). When the dis trict 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 á 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 Davis 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.