Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gina Renee LOPEZ-ORFIELD, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2018-02-20
Citations: 712 F. App'x 258
Docket Number: No. 17-7591
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gina Renee LOPEZ-ORFIELD, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WILKINSON, FLOYD, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 712
Pages: 258–258

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gina Renee LOPEZ-ORFIELD, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 17-7591
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: February 15, 2018
Decided: February 20, 2018
Gina Renee Lopez-Orfield, Appellant Pro Se. Jennifer R. Bockhorst, Assistant United States Attorney, Brian K. Patton, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Abingdon, Virginia, for Ap-pellee.
Before WILKINSON, FLOYD, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Gina Renee Lopez-Orfield seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on her 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) 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) (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 Lopez-Orfield has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appeala-bility 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