Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert James GRAVES, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-01-10
Citations: 118 F. App'x 772
Docket Number: Nos. 04-7251, 04-7602
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Robert James GRAVES, Defendant—Appellant.
Judges: Before MICHAEL, TRAXLER, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 118
Pages: 772–773

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Robert James GRAVES, Defendant—Appellant.
Nos. 04-7251, 04-7602.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Dec. 20, 2004.
Decided: Jan. 10, 2005.
Robert James Graves, Appellant pro se.
Donald Ray Wolthuis, Office of the United States Attorney, John Leslie Brownlee, United States Attorney, Roanoke, Virginia, for Appellee.
Before MICHAEL, TRAXLER, and GREGORY, 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Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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:
Robert James Graves seeks to appeal the district court's orders denying relief on his motion filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2000), and his motions filed under Fed. R.Civ.P. 60(b). The orders are not appeal-able unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(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. § 2253(c)(2) (2000). A prisoner satisfies this standard by demonstrating that reasonable jurists would find that his constitutional claims are debatable and that any dispositive procedural rulings by the district court are also debatable or wrong. See Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336, 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 that Graves has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeals. 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