Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph Richard GREENE, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-09-12
Citations: 583 F. App'x 188
Docket Number: No. 14-6655
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph Richard GREENE, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before NIEMEYER and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 583
Pages: 188–188

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph Richard GREENE, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 14-6655.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Sept. 8, 2014.
Decided: Sept. 12, 2014.
Joseph Richard Greene, Appellant Pro Se. William Michael Miller, Assistant United States Attorney, C. Nicks Williams, Office of the United States Attorney, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Before NIEMEYER 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Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Joseph Richard Greene seeks to appeal the district court's orders denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion as untimely and denying his motion for reconsideration. The orders are not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B) (2012). 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) (2012). 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 Greene 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 this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED.