Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Shirlene Reese BOONE, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-09-30
Citations: 584 F. App'x 85
Docket Number: No. 14-6872
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Shirlene Reese BOONE, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 584
Pages: 85–86

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Shirlene Reese BOONE, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 14-6872.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Sept. 25, 2014.
Decided: Sept. 30, 2014.
Shirlene Reese Boone, Appellant Pro Se. William Miller Gilmore, Stephen Aubrey West, Assistant United States Attorneys, Shailika K. Shah, Office of the United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Before WILKINSON and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Shirlene Reese Boone seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on her 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certifícate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B) (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 motion 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 Boone has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny Boone's motion for 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.