Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sergio MUJICA, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-11-05
Citations: 545 F. App'x 226
Docket Number: No. 13-6524
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sergio MUJICA, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before KEENAN, WYNN, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 545
Pages: 226–227

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sergio MUJICA, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 13-6524.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Oct. 1, 2013.
Decided: Nov. 5, 2013.
Sergio Mujica, Appellant pro se. Sharon Burnham, Craig Jon Jacobsen, I, Assistant United States Attorneys, Roanoke, Virginia; Grayson A. Hoffman, Assistant United States Attorney, Harrisonburg, Virginia, for Appellee.
Before KEENAN, WYNN, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Sergio Mujica 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 certifícate of ap-pealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2258(c)(1)(B) (2006). 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) (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 Mujica has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal. We grant Muji-ca's motion to amend or correct the informal brief and request for a certificate of appealability. 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.