Case Name: Rodney S. GREEN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. J. Michael STOUFFER, Commissioner of Correction; The Attorney General for Maryland, Respondents-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-04-07
Citations: 422 F. App'x 254
Docket Number: No. 10-7602
Parties: Rodney S. GREEN, Petitioner—Appellant, v. J. Michael STOUFFER, Commissioner of Correction; The Attorney General for Maryland, Respondents—Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 422
Pages: 254–255

Head Matter:
Rodney S. GREEN, Petitioner—Appellant, v. J. Michael STOUFFER, Commissioner of Correction; The Attorney General for Maryland, Respondents—Appellees.
No. 10-7602.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: March 21, 2011.
Decided: April 7, 2011.
Rodney S. Green, Appellant Pro Se. Diane Carroll Bustos, Office of the Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.
Before NIEMEYER, AGEE, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Rodney S. Green, a state prisoner, seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2241 (West 2006 & Supp.2010) petition. 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 Green has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of ap pealability 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.