Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Fernando Rocho FUENTES, a/k/a Fernando Ortega Fuentes, a/k/a Fernando Fuentes Ortega, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2010-09-13
Citations: 395 F. App'x 42
Docket Number: No. 09-7332
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Fernando Rocho FUENTES, a/k/a Fernando Ortega Fuentes, a/k/a Fernando Fuentes Ortega, Defendant—Appellant.
Judges: Before GREGORY and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 395
Pages: 42–42

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Fernando Rocho FUENTES, a/k/a Fernando Ortega Fuentes, a/k/a Fernando Fuentes Ortega, Defendant—Appellant.
No. 09-7332.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Aug. 31, 2010.
Decided: Sept. 13, 2010.
Fernando Rocho Fuentes, Appellant pro se. Anthony Paul Giorno, Assistant United States Attorney, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellee.
Before GREGORY and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Fernando Rocho Fuentes seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp. 2010) petition. The order is not appeal-able unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. See 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 Fuentes 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.