Case Name: UNITED STATES Of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christian Tobiah MURRAY, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-03-28
Citations: 563 F. App'x 255
Docket Number: No. 14-6108
Parties: UNITED STATES Of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christian Tobiah MURRAY, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before GREGORY, KEENAN, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 563
Pages: 255–256

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES Of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christian Tobiah MURRAY, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 14-6108.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: March 25, 2014.
Decided: March 28, 2014.
Christian Tobiah Murray, Appellant Pro Se. Rudolf A. Renfer, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Shailika K. Shah, Jennifer E. Wells, Office Of The United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Ap-pellee.
Before GREGORY, KEENAN, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Christian Tobiah Murray seeks to appeal the district court's order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and dismissing as untimely his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate 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 Murray has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny 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.