
    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Johnnie FRIMPONG-MANSO, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 01-7651.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
    Submitted March 20, 2003.
    Decided March 25, 2003.
    Johnnie Frimpong-Manso, Appellant Pro Se. Thadd Anthony Prisco, Special Assistant United States Attorney, Andrew James McKenna, Kenneth Wilson Gaul, Office of the United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.
    Before WILLIAMS and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
    Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
   PER CURIAM.

Johnnie Frimpong-Manso, a federal prisoner, seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying 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 on the merits absent “a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.” 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2) (2000). We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that Frimpong-Manso has not made the requisite showing. See Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 123 S.Ct. 1029, 1039, 154 L.Ed.2d 931 (2003). 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.  