Case Name: Eleanor Janet ELGUERA-STINNETT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Stacey A. KINCAID, Fairfax County Sheriff, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-08-18
Citations: 695 F. App'x 725
Docket Number: No. 17-6589
Parties: Eleanor Janet ELGUERA-STINNETT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Stacey A. KINCAID, Fairfax County Sheriff, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before TRAXLER and FLOYD, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 695
Pages: 725–726

Head Matter:
Eleanor Janet ELGUERA-STINNETT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Stacey A. KINCAID, Fairfax County Sheriff, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 17-6589
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: July 27, 2017
Decided: August 18, 2017
Eleanor Janet Elguera-Stinnett, Appellant Pro Se.
Before TRAXLER and FLOYD, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Eleanor Janet Elguera-Stinnett seeks to appeal the district court's order denying her Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) motion for reconsideration of the district court's order denying relief on her 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012) petition. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(A) (2012); Reid v. Angelone, 369 F.3d 363, 369 (4th Cir. 2004). A certificate of appealability will not issue absent "a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right," 28 U.S.C. § 2253(e)(2) (2012). When the district court denies relief on the merits, a pi'isoner 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 Elguera-Stinnett has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appeala-bility, deny leave to proceed in forma pau-peris, 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