UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 02-7583

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

versus

FLOYD SAMUEL WATSON, a/k/a Lloyd Williams, a/k/a Money, a/k/a A.J.,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Norfolk. Rebecca B. Smith, District Judge. (CR-93-81-2, CA-02-553-2)

Submitted: December 16, 2002 Decided: December 23, 2002

Before LUTTIG, MICHAEL, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Floyd Samuel Watson, Appellant Pro Se. Michael R. Smythers, Assistant United States Attorney, William David Muhr, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.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

Floyd Samuel Watson seeks to appeal the district court’s order

denying relief on his motion filed under

(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.

(c)(1)(B) (2000). When, as here,

a district court dismisses a § 2255 motion 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,

(4th Cir.

2001) (quoting Slack v. McDaniel,

(2000)). We

have reviewed the record and conclude for the reasons stated by the

district court that Watson has not made the requisite showing. See

United States v. Watson, Nos. CR-98-81-2; CA-02-553-2 (E.D. Va.

Aug. 30, 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

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