Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gonzales MARCH, a/k/a Gun, a/k/a Gon, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-06-17
Citations: 528 F. App'x 386
Docket Number: No. 13-6265
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gonzales MARCH, a/k/a Gun, a/k/a Gon, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before NIEMEYER, KING, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 528
Pages: 386–387

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gonzales MARCH, a/k/a Gun, a/k/a Gon, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 13-6265.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: June 13, 2013.
Decided: June 17, 2013.
Gonzales March, Appellant pro se. Jimmie Ewing, James Chris Leventis, Jr., Mark C. Moore, Stanley D. Ragsdale, John David Rowell, Assistant United States Attorneys, Columbia, South Carolina, for Ap-pellee.
Before NIEMEYER, KING, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Gonzales March seeks to appeal the district court's order construing his Fed. R.Crim.P. 36 motions as second or successive 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp.2012) motions and dismissing on that basis. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of ap-pealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(e)(1)(B) (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 March has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we 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.