Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerry Vernon ADAMS, Jr., Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-09-11
Citations: 615 F. App'x 821
Docket Number: No. 15-6635
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerry Vernon ADAMS, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before SHEDD, WYNN, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 615
Pages: 821–822

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerry Vernon ADAMS, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.
No. 15-6635.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Sept. 9, 2015.
Decided: Sept. 11, 2015.
Jerry Vernon Adams, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Alfred William Walker Bethea, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Florence, South Carolina, Robert Frank Daley, Jr., Assistant United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Before SHEDD, WYNN, and FLOYD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Jerry Vernon Adams, Jr., seeks to appeal the district court's orders denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion and denying his motion for reconsideration. The orders are not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B) (2012). A certificate of ap-pealability will not issue absent "a substantial showing of the denial of a constitution al 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. 478, 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 Adams 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.