Case Name: Eber Emanuel Urias SANCHEZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Kieran J. SHANAHAN, Secretary of Prisons; Cynthia Thronton, Administrator; Frank L. Perry, Secretary, Respondents-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-09-29
Citations: 583 F. App'x 278
Docket Number: No. 14-6657
Parties: Eber Emanuel Urias SANCHEZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Kieran J. SHANAHAN, Secretary of Prisons; Cynthia Thronton, Administrator; Frank L. Perry, Secretary, Respondents-Appellees.
Judges: Before WILKINSON and AGEE, , Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 583
Pages: 278–279

Head Matter:
Eber Emanuel Urias SANCHEZ, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Kieran J. SHANAHAN, Secretary of Prisons; Cynthia Thronton, Administrator; Frank L. Perry, Secretary, Respondents-Appellees.
No. 14-6657.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Sept. 25, 2014.
Decided: Sept. 29, 2014.
Eber Emanuel Urias Sanchez, Appellant Pro Se.
Before WILKINSON and AGEE, , Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Eber Emanuel Urias Sanchez seeks to appeal 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 certificate of appealability. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) (2012). 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) (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 Sanchez 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.