Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Lee MCQUEEN, a/k/a Preacher, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-09-08
Citations: 656 F. App'x 662
Docket Number: No. 16-6415
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Lee MCQUEEN, a/k/a Preacher, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, MOTZ, Circuit Judge, and DAVIS, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 656
Pages: 662–663

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Lee MCQUEEN, a/k/a Preacher, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 16-6415
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: August 30, 2016
Decided: September 8, 2016
Robert Lee McQueen, Appellant Pro Se. Kristine L. Fritz, Tobin Webb ■ Lathan, Seth Morgan Wood, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Rudolf A. Renfer, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Ap-pellee.
Before GREGORY, Chief Judge, MOTZ, Circuit Judge, and DAVIS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Robert Lee McQueen seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of ap-pealability. 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 McQueen has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal. We deny McQueen's motions for a copy of the transcript of the evidentiary hearing and for an emergency medical procedure, both at the Government's expense, and to amend his petition for a certificate of appealability. 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.