Case Name: Ronnie PAYNE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Patricia R. STANSBERRY, Warden, Respondent-Appellee, and Vanessa P. Adams, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-08-13
Citations: 288 F. App'x 83
Docket Number: No. 08-6377
Parties: Ronnie PAYNE, Petitioner — Appellant, v. Patricia R. STANSBERRY, Warden, Respondent — Appellee, and Vanessa P. Adams, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 288
Pages: 83–84

Head Matter:
Ronnie PAYNE, Petitioner — Appellant, v. Patricia R. STANSBERRY, Warden, Respondent — Appellee, and Vanessa P. Adams, Respondent.
No. 08-6377.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: July 17, 2008.
Decided: Aug. 13, 2008.
Ronnie Payne, Appellant Pro Se. Debra J. Prill am an, Assistant United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Before MOTZ and SHEDD, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Ronnie Payne, a state prisoner, seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 (2000) petition. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1) (2000). 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 prisoner satisfies this standard by demonstrating that reasonable jurists would find that any assessment of the constitutional claims by the district court is debatable or wrong and that any dispositive procedural ruling by the district court is likewise debatable. Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336-38, 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, 683-84 (4th Cir.2001). We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that Payne 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 con tentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED.