Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Earnest Jermaine YOUNG, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-01-10
Citations: 675 F. App'x 228
Docket Number: No. 16-7024
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Earnest Jermaine YOUNG, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before MOTZ, WYNN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 675
Pages: 228–229

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Earnest Jermaine YOUNG, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 16-7024
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: December 30, 2016
Decided: January 10, 2017
Earnest Jermaine Young, Appellant Pro Se. Aan Lance Crick, Assistant United States Attorney, Greenville, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Before MOTZ, WYNN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Earnest Jermaine Young seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion, and denying 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 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 Young has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability, deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis, 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.