Case Name: Dameon T. MILES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Harold W. CLARKE, VDOC Director, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-10-17
Citations: 482 F. App'x 864
Docket Number: No. 12-6809
Parties: Dameon T. MILES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Harold W. CLARKE, VDOC Director, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before MOTZ, GREGORY, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 482
Pages: 864–864

Head Matter:
Dameon T. MILES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Harold W. CLARKE, VDOC Director, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 12-6809.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Sept. 25, 2012.
Decided: Oct. 17, 2012.
Dameon T. Miles, Appellant Pro Se. Steven Andrew Witmer, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Thomas Drummond Bagwell, Assistant Attorney General, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Before MOTZ, GREGORY, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Dameon T. Miles seeks to appeal the district court's order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2006) petition. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appeal-ability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) (2006). 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) (2006). 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 petition 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 Miles has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, although we grant Miles' motion for judicial notice, we deny a certificate of appeal-ability, deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis, 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.