87 F. App'x 866

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff—Appellee, v. Shelby PERSON, Defendant—Appellant.

No. 03-4491.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Submitted Nov. 21, 2003.

Decided Feb. 11, 2004.

James R. Akers, II, Huddleston, Bolen, Beatty, Porter & Copen, L.L.P., Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellant.

Kasey Warner, United States Attorney, John J. Frail, Assistant United States Attorney, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee.

Before WIDENER, NIEMEYER, and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM:

Shelby Person seeks to appeal the district court’s order adopting the proposed findings and recommendation of the magistrate judge and granting relief on 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 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 both that his constitutional claims are debatable and that any dispositive procedural rulings by the district court are also debatable or wrong. See Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336, 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 (4th Cir.2001). We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that Person has not made the requisite showing.* Accordingly, we deny a certificate of ap*867pealability 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

United States v. Person
87 F. App'x 866

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