Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Justin Clifford GAMBLE, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-01-25
Citations: 507 F. App'x 321
Docket Number: No. 12-7775
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Justin Clifford GAMBLE, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, . and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 507
Pages: 321–321

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Justin Clifford GAMBLE, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 12-7775.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Jan. 22, 2013.
Decided: Jan. 25, 2013.
' Justin Clifford Gamble, Appellant. Pro Se. Leesa Washington, Assistant United States Attorney, Greenville, South. Carolina, for Appellee.
Before WILKINSON, NIEMEYER, . and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER ' CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Justin Clifford Gamble seeks to appeal the district court's order denying'relief on his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp.2012) motion. The order is not appealable 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 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 Gamble 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.