Case Name: Darrell WILLIAMS, f/k/a Alvin Glenn, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Anthony J. PADULA, Warden, Lee Correction Institution, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-07-19
Citations: 439 F. App'x 269
Docket Number: No. 11-6092
Parties: Darrell WILLIAMS, f/k/a Alvin Glenn, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Anthony J. PADULA, Warden, Lee Correction Institution, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 439
Pages: 269–270

Head Matter:
Darrell WILLIAMS, f/k/a Alvin Glenn, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Anthony J. PADULA, Warden, Lee Correction Institution, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 11-6092.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: June 28, 2011.
Decided: July 19, 2011.
Darrell J. Williams, Appellant Pro Se.
Before SHEDD, DAVIS, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Darrell J. Williams seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his motion to reconsider the dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2006) petition. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) (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 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 Williams 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.