Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Abdulmuntaqim AD-DEEN, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-10-24
Citations: 585 F. App'x 87
Docket Number: No. 14-6875
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Abdulmuntaqim AD-DEEN, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WILKINSON, MOTZ, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 585
Pages: 87–88

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Abdulmuntaqim AD-DEEN, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 14-6875.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Oct. 22, 2014.
Decided: Oct. 24, 2014.
Abdulmuntaqim Ad-Deen, Appellant Pro Se. James S. Francomano, Office of the United States Attorney, Matthew Kevin Hoff, Special Assistant United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appel-lee.
Before WILKINSON, MOTZ, and AGEE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
PER CURIAM:
Abdulmuntaqim Ad-Deen seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing as untimely his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certifícate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § '2253(c)(1)(B) (2012). 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) (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 Ad-Deen 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.