Case Name: David Davon GOLDEN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Warden Bobby SHEARIN; The Attorney General for the State of Maryland, Respondents-Appellees; David Davon Golden, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Warden Bobby Shearin; The Attorney General for the State of Maryland, Respondents-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-04-01
Citations: 564 F. App'x 32
Docket Number: Nos. 13-7839, 14-6213
Parties: David Davon GOLDEN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Warden Bobby SHEARIN; The Attorney General for the State of Maryland, Respondents-Appellees. David Davon Golden, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Warden Bobby Shearin; The Attorney General for the State of Maryland, Respondents-Appellees.
Judges: Before KEENAN and WYNN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 564
Pages: 32–33

Head Matter:
David Davon GOLDEN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Warden Bobby SHEARIN; The Attorney General for the State of Maryland, Respondents-Appellees. David Davon Golden, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Warden Bobby Shearin; The Attorney General for the State of Maryland, Respondents-Appellees.
Nos. 13-7839, 14-6213.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: March 26, 2014.
Decided: April 1, 2014.
David Davon Golden, Appellant Pro Se. Edward John Kelley, Office of the Attorney General of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellees.
Before KEENAN and WYNN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
David Davon Golden seeks to appeal the district court's orders denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition and denying his Fed.R.Civ.P. 59(e) motion. The orders are not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A). 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). 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 petition 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 Golden has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny Golden's motion to appoint counsel, deny Golden's motion for a hearing en banc, deny a certificate of appealability, deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis, 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.