Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Grady LASSITER, Jr., Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-07-27
Citations: 102 F. App'x 831
Docket Number: No. 03-7805
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Grady LASSITER, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WIDENER, LUTTIG, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 102
Pages: 831–832

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Grady LASSITER, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.
No. 03-7805.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: July 12, 2004.
Decided: July 27, 2004.
Grady Lassiter, Jr., Appellant pro se.
Before WIDENER, LUTTIG, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Grady Lassiter, Jr., seeks to appeal the district court's order dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2000) motion. Lassiter cannot appeal this order unless a circuit judge or justice issues a certificate of appealability, and 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) (2000). A habeas appellant meets this standard by demonstrating that reasonable jurists would find that his constitutional claims are debatable and that any dispositive pro cedural rulings by the district court are also debatable or wrong. See Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 326, 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 (4th Cir.2001). We have independently reviewed the record and conclude Lassiter 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