Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jesus Gutierrez CAMPOS, a/k/a Juan Campos, a/k/a Pelon, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-09-03
Citations: 539 F. App'x 121
Docket Number: No. 13-6489
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jesus Gutierrez CAMPOS, a/k/a Juan Campos, a/k/a Pelon, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before DUNCAN, AGEE, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 539
Pages: 121–122

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jesus Gutierrez CAMPOS, a/k/a Juan Campos, a/k/a Pelon, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 13-6489.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Aug. 29, 2013.
Decided: Sept. 3, 2013.
Jesus Gutierrez Campos, Appellant pro se. Daniel Joseph Grooms, III, Assistant United States Attorney, Stacy Bogert, Mysti Dawn Degani, Karen Dunn, Yael Epstein, Elizabeth T. Rawlings, Office of the United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.
Before DUNCAN, AGEE, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Jesus Gutierrez Campos seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp.2013) 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) (2006). A certificate of ap-pealability will not issue absent "a substantial showing of the denial of a constitution al 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 Campos 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.