Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Deborah Gail FROCK, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-04-22
Citations: 518 F. App'x 231
Docket Number: No. 12-8143
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Deborah Gail FROCK, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WILKINSON, GREGORY, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 518
Pages: 231–231

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Deborah Gail FROCK, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 12-8143.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: April 18, 2013.
Decided: April 22, 2013.
Deborah Gail Frock, Appellant Pro Se. Rachel Miller Yasser, Office of the United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.
Before WILKINSON, GREGORY, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Deborah Gail Frock seeks to appeal the district court's orders denying relief on her 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp.2012) motion and her motion filed under Fed. R.Civ.P. 59(e). The orders are not appeal-able unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B) (2006). A certificate of ap-pealability will not issue absent "a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right." 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2) (2006). 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 981 (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 Frock 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.