Case Name: Samuel HARRIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Patricia STANSBERRY, Warden; Isaac Fulwood, Chairman United States Parole Commission, Respondents-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-05-25
Citations: 473 F. App'x 265
Docket Number: No. 12-6199
Parties: Samuel HARRIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Patricia STANSBERRY, Warden; Isaac Fulwood, Chairman United States Parole Commission, Respondents-Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 473
Pages: 265–266

Head Matter:
Samuel HARRIS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Patricia STANSBERRY, Warden; Isaac Fulwood, Chairman United States Parole Commission, Respondents-Appellees.
No. 12-6199.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: May 18, 2012.
Decided: May 25, 2012.
Samuel Harris, Appellant Pro Se. Yiris E. Cornwall, Assistant United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellees.
Before AGEE, DAVIS, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Samuel Harris, a District of Columbia Code offender, seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2241 (West 2006 & Supp.2011) petition. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) (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 Harris has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability, deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis, 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.