Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gary Ivan TERRY, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-06-08
Citations: 474 F. App'x 140
Docket Number: No. 11-6190
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Gary Ivan TERRY, Defendant—Appellant.
Judges: Before KING, DUNCAN, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 474
Pages: 140–141

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Gary Ivan TERRY, Defendant—Appellant.
No. 11-6190.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: May 25, 2012.
Decided: June 8, 2012.
Gary Ivan Terry, Appellant Pro Se. Lisa Blue Boggs, Angela Hewlett Miller, Assistant United States Attorneys, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Before KING, DUNCAN, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Gary Ivan Terry seeks to appeal the district court's order denying his Fed. R.Civ.P. 59(e) motion in which he sought reconsideration of the denial of his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp.2011) motion. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of ap-pealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(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. § 2258(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 Terry has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny Terry's motion for a certificate of appealability, deny his motion to place the appeal in abeyance, 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 the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED.