Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jennifer Marie DAVIS, Defendant-Appellant; United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jennifer Marie Davis, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-04-22
Citations: 427 F. App'x 262
Docket Number: Nos. 10-6730, 10-6731
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jennifer Marie DAVIS, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jennifer Marie Davis, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 427
Pages: 262–263

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jennifer Marie DAVIS, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jennifer Marie Davis, Defendant-Appellant.
Nos. 10-6730, 10-6731.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: April 14, 2011.
Decided: April 22, 2011.
Jennifer Marie Davis, Appellant Pro Se. Stanley Duane Ragsdale, Assistant United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Before MOTZ, GREGORY, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Jennifer Marie Davis seeks to appeal the district court's order and amended order denying relief on her 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp.2010) motion. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appeal-ability. 28 U.S.C. § 2258(c)(1) (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 Davis has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss these appeals. 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.