Case Name: Jervon L. HERBIN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ronald J. ANGELONE, Director, Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-10-21
Citations: 111 F. App'x 685
Docket Number: No. 04-7034
Parties: Jervon L. HERBIN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ronald J. ANGELONE, Director, Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 111
Pages: 685–686

Head Matter:
Jervon L. HERBIN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ronald J. ANGELONE, Director, Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 04-7034.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Oct. 14, 2004.
Decided: Oct. 21, 2004.
Jervon L. Herbin, Appellant pro se.
Eugene Paul Murphy, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Before MOTZ, TRAXLER, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Jervon L. Herbin seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b) motion filed in his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000) action. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1) (2000); Reid v. Angelone, 369 F.3d 363, 368-69 (4th Cir.2004) (holding that appeal from the denial of a Rule 60(b) motion in a habeas action requires a certificate of appealability). 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) (2000). A prisoner satisfies this standard by demonstrating that reasonable jurists would find that his constitutional claims are debatable and that any dispositive procedural rulings by the district court are also debatable or wrong. See Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336-38, 123 S.Ct. 1029, 154 L.Ed.2d 931 (2003); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484, 120 S.Ct. 1595, 146 L.Ed.2d 542 (2000); Rose v. Lee, 252 F.3d 676, 683 (4th Cir.2001). We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that Her-bin has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny Herbin's motion for appointment of counsel, deny a certificate of appealability, and dismiss the appeal.
To the extent Herbin's notice of appeal and informal brief could be construed as a motion for authorization to file a successive § 2254 petition, we deny such authorization. United States v. Winestock, 340 F.3d 200, 208 (4th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 124 S.Ct. 496, 157 L.Ed.2d 395 (2003). 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