Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lafawn Dewayne BOBBITT, a/k/a Mandingo, a/k/a Dingo, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-07-22
Citations: 654 F. App'x 631
Docket Number: No. 16-6267
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lafawn Dewayne BOBBITT, a/k/a Mandingo, a/k/a Dingo, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before SHEDD, AGEE, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 654
Pages: 631–632

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lafawn Dewayne BOBBITT, a/k/a Mandingo, a/k/a Dingo, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 16-6267
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: July 21, 2016
Decided: July 22, 2016
Lafawn Dewayne Bobbitt, Appellant Pro Se. Stephen Wiley Miller, Assistant United States Attorney, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Before SHEDD, AGEE, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Lafawn Dewayne Bobbitt seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his 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 Bobbitt 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