Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Broderick Edward GRAVES, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-10-25
Citations: 146 F. App'x 671
Docket Number: No. 05-7115
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Broderick Edward GRAVES, Defendant—Appellant.
Judges: Before WIDENER, MICHAEL, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 146
Pages: 671–672

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Broderick Edward GRAVES, Defendant—Appellant.
No. 05-7115.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Oct. 18, 2005.
Decided Oct. 25, 2005.
Noell P. Tin, Tin Fulton Greene & Owen, PLLC, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellant. Gretchen C.F. Shappert, Interim United States Attorney, Charlotte, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Before WIDENER, MICHAEL, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Broderick Edward Graves seeks to appeal the district court's order denying as late his motion filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2000). The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1) (2000). A certificate of appeal-ability will not issue absent "a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right." 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2) (2000). A prisoner satisfies this standard by demonstrating that reasonable jurists would find that the district court's assessment of his constitutional claims is debatable and that any dispositive procedural rulings by the district court are also debatable or wrong. See Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336-38, 123 S.Ct. 1029, 154 L.Ed.2d 931 (2003); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484, 120 S.Ct. 1595, 146 L.Ed.2d 542 (2000); Rose v. Lee, 252 F.3d 676, 683 (4th Cir.2001). We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that Graves 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