Court Opinion

ID: 8598950
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-11-23 20:21:29.037972+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T16:55:07.391906
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PER CURIAM.
Felix Oriakhi, a federal prisoner, seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying relief on his Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b) motion and his motion filed under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2000). 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 for claims addressed by a district court on the merits absent “a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.” 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2) (2000). As to claims dismissed by a district court solely on procedural grounds, a certificate of appealability will not issue unless the movant can demonstrate both “(1) ‘that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the petition states a valid claim of the denial of a constitutional right’ and (2) ‘that jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the district court was correct in its procedural ruling.’” Rose v. Lee, 252 F.3d 676, 684 (4th Cir.) (quoting Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484, 120 S.Ct. 1595, 146 L.Ed.2d 542 (2000)), cert. denied, 534 U.S. 941, 122 S.Ct. 318, 151 L.Ed.2d 237 (2001).
We have reviewed the record and conclude for the reasons stated by the district *296court that Oriakhi has not made the requisite showing. See United States v. Oriakhi Nos. CR-90-72; CA-02-2602-PJM (D. Md. filed Aug. 16, 2002; entered Aug. 19, 2002). Accordingly, we 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 the decisional process.

DISMISSED.