Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jason Lamon KELLY, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-02-25
Citations: 511 F. App'x 232
Docket Number: No. 12-7708
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jason Lamon KELLY, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before AGEE and DAVIS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 511
Pages: 232–232

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jason Lamon KELLY, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 12-7708.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Feb. 21, 2013.
Decided: Feb. 25, 2013.
Jason Lamon Kelly, Appellant Pro Se. William Ellis Boyle, Office of the United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Before AGEE and DAVIS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Jason Lamon Kelly seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp.2012) 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 certifícate 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 Kelly 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.
Kelly does not challenge the basis of the district court's decision but raises new issues on appeal. We generally do not consider new arguments raised for the first time on appeal. See United States v. Edwards, 666 F.3d 877, 887 (4th Cir.2011). "Exceptions to this general rule are made only in very limited circumstances, such as where refusal to consider the newly-raised issue[s] would be plain error or would result in a fundamental miscarriage of justice." Muthv. United States, 1 F.3d 246, 250 (4th Cir.1993). We conclude that the exceptions do not apply here.