Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Demetrious Adonis MOORE, a/k/a Meechie, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-12-23
Citations: 556 F. App'x 176
Docket Number: No. 13-7109
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Demetrious Adonis MOORE, a/k/a Meechie, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before KEENAN, DIAZ, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 556
Pages: 176–177

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Demetrious Adonis MOORE, a/k/a Meechie, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 13-7109.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Nov. 26, 2013.
Decided: Dec. 23, 2013.
Demetrious Adonis Moore, Appellant Pro Se. Elizabeth Jean Howard, Assistant United States Attorney, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Before KEENAN, DIAZ, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Demetrious Adonis Moore 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 constitutional right." 28 U.S.C. § 2258(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 Moore 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.
We note that, in his third claim for relief, Moore asserted that his counsel was ineffective in failing to challenge his resentencing proceedings on the grounds that the district judge exhibited bias and prejudice against him — not, as the district court construed the claim, a challenge based on the procedural and substantive reasonableness of his sentence. Nevertheless, having reviewed the record and Moore's submissions on appeal, we conclude that Moore fails to make the requisite showing for a certificate of appealability on this issue.