UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 19-6934

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

TRAVIS DONALD FENDER,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Charleston. David C. Norton, District Judge. (2:14-cr-00642-DCN-1; 2:18-cv-02594- DCN)

Submitted: January 21, 2020 Decided: January 23, 2020

Before WILKINSON, KEENAN, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Travis Donald Fender, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:

Travis Donald Fender seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying relief on his

(2018) motion. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or

judge issues a certificate of appealability. See

(c)(1)(B) (2018). A

certificate of appealability will not issue absent “a substantial showing of the denial of a

constitutional right.”

(c)(2) (2018). When the district court denies relief

on the merits, a prisoner satisfies this standard by demonstrating that reasonable jurists

would find the district court’s assessment of the constitutional claims debatable or wrong.

See Buck v. Davis,

(2017). When the district court denies relief on

procedural grounds, the prisoner must demonstrate both that the dispositive procedural

ruling is debatable and that the motion states a debatable claim of the denial of a

constitutional right. Gonzalez v. Thaler,

(2012) (citing Slack v.

McDaniel,

(2000)).

We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that Fender has not made

the requisite showing. 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 this court and argument would not aid the

decisional process.

DISMISSED

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