Case Name: Alvin MARSHALL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA; United States District Court for Eastern District of Virginia; Commonwealth of Virginia, Prosecutor; Warden Earl Barksdale, Respondents-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-08-02
Citations: 667 F. App'x 797
Docket Number: No. 16-6376
Parties: Alvin MARSHALL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA; United States District Court for Eastern District of Virginia; Commonwealth of Virginia, Prosecutor; Warden Earl Barksdale, Respondents-Appellees.
Judges: Before MOTZ and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 667
Pages: 797–797

Head Matter:
Alvin MARSHALL, Petitioner-Appellant, v. SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA; United States District Court for Eastern District of Virginia; Commonwealth of Virginia, Prosecutor; Warden Earl Barksdale, Respondents-Appellees.
No. 16-6376
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: July 28, 2016
Decided: August 2, 2016
Alvin Marshall, Appellant Pro Se.
Before MOTZ and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Alvin Marshall seeks to appeal the district court's order denying his Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) motion for reconsideration of the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012) petition. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certifícate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) (2012); Reid v. Angelone, 369 F.3d 363, 369 (4th Cir. 2004). 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 petition 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 Marshall has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability, deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis, 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