Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sherrell Gary BRINKLEY, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-08-12
Citations: 611 F. App'x 785
Docket Number: No. 15-6260
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sherrell Gary BRINKLEY, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WILKINSON and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges,'and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 611
Pages: 785–786

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sherrell Gary BRINKLEY, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 15-6260.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: July 30, 2015.
Decided: Aug. 12, 2015.
Sherrell Gary Brinkley, Appellant Pro Se. Jennifer Marie Hoefling, Office of The United States Attorney, Charlotte, North Carolina; Amy Elizabeth Ray, Assistant United States Attorney, Asheville, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Before WILKINSON and NIEMEYER, Circuit Judges,'and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Federal inmate Sherrell Brinkley appeals the district court's orders denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion, his Fed.R.Civ.P. 59(e) motion, as supplemented, and his Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b) motion. We deny the motion for a certificate of appeal-ability and dismiss the appeal.
The orders are not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 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 Brinkley has not made the requisite showing. 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.