Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rahsean HOLMES, a/k/a Ox, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-07-31
Citations: 536 F. App'x 383
Docket Number: No. 13-6706
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rahsean HOLMES, a/k/a Ox, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before NIEMEYER, KING, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 536
Pages: 383–384

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rahsean HOLMES, a/k/a Ox, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 13-6706.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: July 19, 2013.
Decided: July 31, 2013.
Rahsean Holmes, Appellant Pro Se. Michael Clayton Hanlon, Assistant United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland; George Jarrod Hazel, Assistant United States Attorney, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellee.
Before NIEMEYER, KING, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Rahsean Holmes seeks to appeal the district court's orders denying relief on his 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp.2013) motion and denying his subsequent motion to alter or amend judgment. The orders are 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 appealability will not issue absent "a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right." 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2). 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 Holmes 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.