Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dominicke Antoine TRIGGS, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2008-10-27
Citations: 299 F. App'x 268
Docket Number: No. 08-6777
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dominicke Antoine TRIGGS, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before MICHAEL, TRAXLER, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 299
Pages: 268–269

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dominicke Antoine TRIGGS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 08-6777.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Oct. 21, 2008.
Decided: Oct. 27, 2008.
Dominicke Antoine Triggs, Appellant Pro Se. Patricia Marie Haynes, Office of the United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.
Before MICHAEL, TRAXLER, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Dominicke Antoine Triggs seeks to appeal from the district court's orders denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2000) motion, and denying his motion for reconsideration of that order. The orders are not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2258(c)(1) (2000). A certificate of appealability will not issue absent "a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right." 28 U.S.C. § 2258(c)(2) (2000). A prisoner satisfies this standard by demonstrating that reasonable jurists would find that any assessment of the constitutional claims by the district court is debatable or wrong and that any dispositive procedural ruling by the district court is likewise debatable. Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336-38, 123 S.Ct. 1029, 154 L.Ed.2d 931 (2003); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484, 120 S.Ct. 1595, 146 L.Ed.2d 542 (2000); Rose v. Lee, 252 F.3d 676, 683-84 (4th Cir.2001). We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that Triggs 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 the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED.