Case Name: Alvin Lee GREGORY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael V. COLEMAN, Acting Warden, Mount Olive Correctional Complex, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-08-02
Citations: 389 F. App'x 206
Docket Number: No. 10-6518
Parties: Alvin Lee GREGORY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael V. COLEMAN, Acting Warden, Mount Olive Correctional Complex, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before NIEMEYER, GREGORY, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 389
Pages: 206–207

Head Matter:
Alvin Lee GREGORY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Michael V. COLEMAN, Acting Warden, Mount Olive Correctional Complex, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 10-6518.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: July 22, 2010.
Decided: Aug. 2, 2010.
Alvin Lee Gregory, Appellant Pro Se. Charles Patrick Houdyschell, Jr., West Virginia Division of Corrections, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee.
Before NIEMEYER, GREGORY, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Alvin Lee Gregory, a state prisoner, seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his motions to vacate judgment and file objections. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1) (2006). 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). 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 petition 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 Gregory 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.
Gregory sought to challenge the district court's prior orders (1) construing his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2241 (West 2006 & Supp.2010) petition as a 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2006) petition and dismissing it as untimely, and (2) denying reconsideration.