Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sharone Jermaine BERRY, a/k/a Shaun Smith, a/k/a Jerome Smith, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-11-27
Citations: 490 F. App'x 583
Docket Number: No. 12-7441
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sharone Jermaine BERRY, a/k/a Shaun Smith, a/k/a Jerome Smith, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before TRAXLER, Chief Judge, and SHEDD and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 490
Pages: 583–584

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sharone Jermaine BERRY, a/k/a Shaun Smith, a/k/a Jerome Smith, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 12-7441.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Nov. 20, 2012.
Decided: Nov. 27, 2012.
Sharone Jermaine Berry, Appellant Pro Se. Brian James Samuels, Laura Pellatiro Tayman, Assistant United States Attorneys, Newport News, Virginia, for Appel-lee.
Before TRAXLER, Chief Judge, and SHEDD and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Sharone Jermaine Berry seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp.2012) motion. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B) (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 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 Berry 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.