Case Name: Michael A. LOISEAU, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James V. BEALE, Warden, Deerfield Correctional Center, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-03-01
Citations: 634 F. App'x 940
Docket Number: No. 15-7693
Parties: Michael A. LOISEAU, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James V. BEALE, Warden, Deerfield Correctional Center, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before SHEDD and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 634
Pages: 940–940

Head Matter:
Michael A. LOISEAU, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James V. BEALE, Warden, Deerfield Correctional Center, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 15-7693.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Feb. 25, 2016.
Decided: March 1, 2016.
Michael Angelo Loiseau, Appellant Pro Se.
Before SHEDD and HARRIS, 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Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Michael A. Loiseau seeks to appeal the district court's orders accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and construing Loiseau's 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (2012) petition as a successive 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012) petition and dismissing it for lack of jurisdiction, and denying Loiseau's Fed. R. Civ. P 59(e) motion to alter or amend that judgment. The orders are not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) (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 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 Loiseau 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 this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED.