Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sammie Lee BROWN, Jr., a/k/a Sammie L. Brown, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-03-19
Citations: 90 F. App'x 55
Docket Number: No. 04-6101
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Sammie Lee BROWN, Jr., a/k/a Sammie L. Brown, Defendant—Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 90
Pages: 55–56

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Sammie Lee BROWN, Jr., a/k/a Sammie L. Brown, Defendant—Appellant.
No. 04-6101.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted March 11, 2004.
Decided March 19, 2004.
Sammie Lee Brown, Jr., Appellant pro se. Nancy Chastain Wicker, Office of the United States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Before WIDENER, WILKINSON, and MICHAEL, 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Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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.
Sammy Lee Brown, Jr., appeals from the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2000) motion to vacate his sentence. An appeal may not be taken from the final order in a § 2255 proceeding 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 jurists of reason 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. McDanial, 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 reviewed the record and conclude that Brown has not made the requisite showing. We therefore 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 in the decisional process.
DISMISSED