United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                   No. 06-1476
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United States of America,               *
                                        *
             Appellee,                  *
                                        * Appeal from the United States
      v.                                * District Court for the
                                        * District of Nebraska.
Timothy C. Washington, etc.,            *
                                        * [UNPUBLISHED]
             Appellant.                 *
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                             Submitted: December 27, 2006
                                Filed: January 10, 2007
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Before SMITH, MAGILL, and BENTON, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

       Timothy Washington appeals the district court’s1 dismissal of his Federal Rule
of Civil Procedure 60(b) motion challenging a 2001 order denying 28 U.S.C. § 2255
relief. As the district court concluded--and contrary to Washington’s position--his
motion was in reality a successive section 2255 motion filed without authorization.
Cf. Gonzalez v. Crosby, 

, 2647-48 (2005) (Rule 60(b) motion should
not be treated as successive habeas motion if it attacks district court’s previous
resolution of claim on procedural grounds); United States v. Patton, 

,

      1
      The Honorable Warren K. Urbom, United States District Judge for the District
of Nebraska.
1094 (8th Cir. 2002) (per curiam) (inmates may not bypass authorization requirement
of § 2255 by purporting to invoke some other procedure). Thus, dismissal was proper.
See Boyd v. United States, 

, 814 (8th Cir. 2002) (per curiam).
Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.
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