Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael Dwight BROWN, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-07-02
Citations: 101 F. App'x 930
Docket Number: No. 04-6713
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael Dwight BROWN, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 101
Pages: 930–931

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael Dwight BROWN, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 04-6713.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: June 24, 2004.
Decided: July 2, 2004.
Michael Dwight Brown, Appellant pro se.
Philip S. Jackson, Assistant United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.
Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, 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Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Michael Brown seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2000) motion. Brown cannot appeal this order unless a circuit judge or justice issues a certificate of appealability, and 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 habeas appellant meets 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, 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 Brown 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 the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED