Case Name: Stanley Lorenzo WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Sidney HARKLEROAD, Superintendent; Theodis Beck, Secretary of Corrections, Respondents-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-08-07
Citations: 586 F. App'x 621
Docket Number: No. 13-6397
Parties: Stanley Lorenzo WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Sidney HARKLEROAD, Superintendent; Theodis Beck, Secretary of Corrections, Respondents-Appellees.
Judges: Before KING, GREGORY, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 586
Pages: 621–622

Head Matter:
Stanley Lorenzo WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Sidney HARKLEROAD, Superintendent; Theodis Beck, Secretary of Corrections, Respondents-Appellees.
No. 13-6397.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted July 31, 2013.
Decided Aug. 7, 2013.
Stanley Lorenzo Williams, Appellant Pro Se. Sandra Wallace-Smith, North Carolina Department of Justice, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellees.
Before KING, GREGORY, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Stanley Lorenzo Williams seeks to appeal the district court's order denying his motion for leave to file a "Motion for Leave to File a Rule (6) FRCP Motion to Enlarge Time to File Amendments/An Additional Constitutional Claim Pursuant to Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48, 130 S.Ct. 2011, 176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010)." The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 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 Williams has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability, 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 this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED