Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kenneth D. BEVERLY, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-05-23
Citations: 430 F. App'x 218
Docket Number: No. 10-7661
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Kenneth D. BEVERLY, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 430
Pages: 218–218

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Kenneth D. BEVERLY, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 10-7661.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: May 19, 2011.
Decided: May 23, 2011.
Kenneth D. Beverly, Appellant Pro Se. Gurney Wingate Grant, II, Assistant United States Attorney, Gregg Robert Nivala, Office of the United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Before TRAXLER, Chief Judge, and AGEE and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Kenneth D. Beverly seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp.2010) motion. 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 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 Beverly has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal. We grant Beverly's motion to supplement his informal brief. 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.