Case Name: Keith Lemont SANDERS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gene M. JOHNSON, Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee; Keith Lemont Sanders, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gene M. Johnson, Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2007-05-18
Citations: 227 F. App'x 315
Docket Number: Nos. 06-8023, 06-8050
Parties: Keith Lemont SANDERS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gene M. JOHNSON, Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections, Respondent—Appellee. Keith Lemont Sanders, Petitioner—Appellant, v. Gene M. Johnson, Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections, Respondent—Appellee.
Judges: Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 227
Pages: 315–316

Head Matter:
Keith Lemont SANDERS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gene M. JOHNSON, Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections, Respondent—Appellee. Keith Lemont Sanders, Petitioner—Appellant, v. Gene M. Johnson, Director of the Virginia Department of Corrections, Respondent—Appellee.
Nos. 06-8023, 06-8050.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: April 25, 2007.
Decided: May 18, 2007.
Keith Lemont Sanders, Appellant Pro Se. Margaret Winslow Reed, Steven Andrew Witmer, Office of the Attorney General of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, for Appellee.
Before NIEMEYER, WILLIAMS, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
In these consolidated appeals, Keith Lemont Sanders seeks to appeal the district court's orders denying his Fed. R.Civ.P. 60(b) motions for reconsideration of the district court's orders denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2000) petitions. The orders are not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certifícate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1) (2000); Reid v. Angelone, 369 F.3d 363, 369 (4th Cir.2004). A certifícate of appeal-ability 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 reasonable jurists would find that any assessment of the constitutional claims by the district court is debatable or wrong and that any dispositive procedural ruling by the district court is likewise debatable. Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336-38, 123 S.Ct. 1029, 154 L.Ed.2d 931 (2003); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484, 120 S.Ct. 1595, 146 L.Ed.2d 542 (2000); Rose v. Lee, 252 F.3d 676, 683-84 (4th Cir.2001). We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that Sanders has not made the requisite showing in either case. Accordingly, although we grant Sanders's motion to amend his informal brief, we deny certificates of appealability, deny leave to proceed in forma pauperis in each case, and dismiss the appeals. 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.