Case Name: Anthony Leon HOOVER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Butch JACKSON, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-06-06
Citations: 575 F. App'x 165
Docket Number: No. 13-7964
Parties: Anthony Leon HOOVER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Butch JACKSON, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 575
Pages: 165–165

Head Matter:
Anthony Leon HOOVER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Butch JACKSON, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 13-7964.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: May 30, 2014.
Decided: June 6, 2014.
Anthony Leon Hoover, Appellant Pro Se.
Before WILKINSON, KING, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Anthony Leon Hoover seeks to appeal the district court's order adopting the report and recommendation of the magistrate judge and dismissing Hoover's 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012) petition as successive. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) (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 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 Hoover 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.