Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jermaine Oteaso Ogatdes BENNETT, a/k/a Jermaine Oteaso Bennett, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-02-05
Citations: 632 F. App'x 140
Docket Number: No. 15-7343
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jermaine Oteaso Ogatdes BENNETT, a/k/a Jermaine Oteaso Bennett, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before MOTZ, KING, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 632
Pages: 140–141

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jermaine Oteaso Ogatdes BENNETT, a/k/a Jermaine Oteaso Bennett, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 15-7343.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Jan. 28, 2016.
Decided: Feb. 5, 2016.
Jermaine Oteaso Ogatdes Bennett, Appellant Pro Se. Lisa Blue Boggs, Robert Michael Hamilton, Angela Hewlett Miller, Assistant United States Attorneys, Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellee.
Before MOTZ, KING, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Jermaine Oteaso Ogatdes Bennett 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 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 Bennett 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 this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED.