Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roberto Pablo GUTIERREZ, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2014-08-01
Citations: 581 F. App'x 164
Docket Number: No. 14-6598
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roberto Pablo GUTIERREZ, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 581
Pages: 164–165

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roberto Pablo GUTIERREZ, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 14-6598.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: July 29, 2014.
Decided: Aug. 1, 2014.
Roberto Pablo Gutierrez, Appellant Pro Se. Jennifer P. May-Parker, Assistant United States Attorney, Shawn Robert Evans, Michael Gordon James, Seth Morgan Wood, Office of the United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina; William Glenn Perry, Office of the United States Attorney, Greenville, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Before NIEMEYER, WYNN, and DIAZ, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Roberto Pablo Gutierrez seeks to appeal the district court's order accepting the recommendation of the magistrate judge and denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion. The order is not appeal-able 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 Gutierrez 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 con tentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED.