
    UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Zebedee Leroy JONES, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 14-7494.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
    Submitted: Feb. 13, 2015.
    Decided: March 11, 2015.
    Zebedee Leroy Jones, Appellant Pro Se. Ethan A. Ontjes, Assistant United States Attorney, Shailika S. Kotiya, Office of the United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.
    Before DUNCAN and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
   PER CURIAM:

Zebedee Leroy Jones seeks to appeal the district court’s order dismissing as untimely his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of ap-pealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B) (2012). 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) (2012). When the district court denies relief on the merits, a prisoner satisfies this standard by demonstrating that reasonable jurists would find that the district court’s assessment of the constitutional claims is debatable or wrong. Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484, 120 S.Ct. 1595, 146 L.Ed.2d 542 (2000); see Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336-38, 123 S.Ct. 1029, 154 L.Ed.2d 931 (2003). 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. Slack, 529 U.S. at 484-85, 120 S.Ct. 1595.

We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that Jones 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.  