Case Name: Billy Roy BOYD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. State of SOUTH CAROLINA, Respondent-Appellee; Billy Roy Boyd, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Bernard McKie, Warden of Kirkland Correctional Institution, Respondent-Appellee, and Alan Wilson, Respondent
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-03-12
Citations: 513 F. App'x 362
Docket Number: Nos. 12-6490, 12-6553
Parties: Billy Roy BOYD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. State of SOUTH CAROLINA, Respondent-Appellee. Billy Roy Boyd, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Bernard McKie, Warden of Kirkland Correctional Institution, Respondent-Appellee, and Alan Wilson, Respondent.
Judges: Before KING and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 513
Pages: 362–362

Head Matter:
Billy Roy BOYD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. State of SOUTH CAROLINA, Respondent-Appellee. Billy Roy Boyd, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Bernard McKie, Warden of Kirkland Correctional Institution, Respondent-Appellee, and Alan Wilson, Respondent.
Nos. 12-6490, 12-6553.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Feb. 28, 2013.
Decided: March 12, 2013.
Billy Roy Boyd, Appellant pro se.
Before KING and AGEE, 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Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Billy Roy Boyd, a state prisoner, seeks to appeal the district court's orders accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and dismissing his motion and his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2006) petition without prejudice. The orders are not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) (2006). A certificate of ap-pealability 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 Boyd has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability, deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis, and dismiss the appeals. 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.