Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ramon Ricardo LORA, Defendant-Appellant; United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ramon Ricardo Lora, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-05-20
Citations: 63 F. App'x 160
Docket Number: Nos. 02-7791, 03-6500
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ramon Ricardo LORA, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ramon Ricardo Lora, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before LUTTIG and KING, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 63
Pages: 160–161

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ramon Ricardo LORA, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ramon Ricardo Lora, Defendant-Appellant.
Nos. 02-7791, 03-6500.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted May 15, 2003.
Decided May 20, 2003.
Ramon Ricardo Lora, Appellant Pro Se. Bryan Edwin Foreman, Office of the United States Attorney, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellee.
Before LUTTIG and KING, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
No. 02-7791 affirmed and No. 03-6500 dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
PER CURIAM.
The cases have been consolidated on appeal. In No. 02-7791, Ramon Ricardo Lora appeals the district court order denying his motion to compel the Government to comply with a written agreement. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district court. See United States v. Lora, No. CR-99-196-DKC; CA-02-4197-DKC (D.Md. Nov. 6, 2002).
In No. 03-6500, Lora seeks to appeal the district court's orders denying relief on his motion for leave to file a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2000) motion out of time and denying reconsideration of that order. An appeal may not be taken from the final order in a § 2255 proceeding unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of ap-pealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1) (2000). When, as here, a district court dismisses a § 2255 motion solely on procedural grounds, a certificate of appealability will not issue unless the movant can demonstrate both "(1) 'that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the petition states a valid claim of the denial of a constitutional right' and (2) 'that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the district court was correct in its procedural ruling.' " Rose v. Lee, 252 F.3d 676, 684 (4th Cir.) (quoting Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484, 120 S.Ct. 1595, 146 L.Ed.2d 542 (2000)), cert. denied, 534 U.S. 941, 122 S.Ct. 318, 151 L.Ed.2d 237 (2001). We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that Lora has not made the requisite showing. See Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 123 S.Ct. 1029, 154 L.Ed.2d 931 (2003).
Accordingly, in No. 02-7791, we affirm, and in No. 03-6500, 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.
No. 02-7791 — AFFIRMED.
No. 03-6500 — DISMISSED.