Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Abdullah Rasool SHAKOOR, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-07-18
Citations: 533 F. App'x 317
Docket Number: No. 13-6575
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Abdullah Rasool SHAKOOR, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WILKINSON, SHEDD, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 533
Pages: 317–318

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Abdullah Rasool SHAKOOR, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 13-6575.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: July 17, 2013.
Decided: July 18, 2013.
Abdullah Rasool Shakoor, Appellant Pro Se. Jennifer P. May-Parker, Assistant United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Before WILKINSON, SHEDD, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Abdullah Rasool Shakoor seeks to appeal the district court's order denying his motion for reconsideration of the court's order dismissing his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp.2013) 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 appealability will not issue absent "a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right." 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). When the district court de nies 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 Shakoor has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny Shakoor's motion for 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.
We note that the motion was a Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b) motion to reconsider, not a second or successive § 2255 motion. Gonzalez v. Crosby, 545 U.S. 524, 530-32, 125 S.Ct. 2641, 162 L.Ed.2d 480 (2005); United States v. Winestock, 340 F.3d 200, 206-08 (4th Cir.2003).