UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 04-7155
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
SAMUEL WESLEY, JR.,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. Catherine C. Blake, District Judge. (CR-
97-33; CA-02-1749-CCB)
Submitted: September 16, 2004 Decided: September 24, 2004
Before LUTTIG, KING, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed in part and dismissed in part by unpublished per curiam
opinion.
Samuel Wesley, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. John Francis Purcell, Jr.,
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore, Maryland, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Samuel Wesley, Jr., a federal prisoner, seeks to appeal
the district court’s order denying relief on his motions filed
under Fed. R. Crim. P. 33, 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2000), and Fed. R.
Civ. P. 59(e), and on his motion to amend his § 2255 motion. We
affirm in part and dismiss in part.
With regard to Wesley’s appeal of the district court’s
denial of his Rule 33 motion for a new trial, we have reviewed the
record and find no abuse of discretion. See United States v.
Perry, 335 F.3d 316, 320 (4th Cir. 2003) (stating standard of
review), cert. denied, 124 S. Ct. 1408 (2004). Accordingly, we
affirm that portion of the district court’s order.
Turning to the denial of post-conviction and Rule 59(e)
relief, the orders are not appealable 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
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
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, 336-38 (2003);
Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); Rose v. Lee, 252 F.3d
676, 683 (4th Cir. 2001). We have independently reviewed the
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record and conclude that Wesley has not made the requisite showing.
Accordingly, we deny Wesley’s motion for a certificate of
appealability and dismiss this portion of 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.
AFFIRMED IN PART AND DISMISSED IN PART
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