Filed: Sep. 14, 2007
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Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 07-6557 WARREN KUZON, a/k/a James Brown, a/k/a Shortman, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant - Appellee. No. 07-6633 WARREN KUZON, a/k/a James Brown, a/k/a Shortman, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant - Appellee. Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Charleston. Patrick Michael Duffy, District Judge. (2:00-cr-00765-PMD-1
Summary: UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 07-6557 WARREN KUZON, a/k/a James Brown, a/k/a Shortman, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant - Appellee. No. 07-6633 WARREN KUZON, a/k/a James Brown, a/k/a Shortman, Plaintiff - Appellant, versus UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant - Appellee. Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Charleston. Patrick Michael Duffy, District Judge. (2:00-cr-00765-PMD-1;..
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 07-6557
WARREN KUZON, a/k/a James Brown, a/k/a
Shortman,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Defendant - Appellee.
No. 07-6633
WARREN KUZON, a/k/a James Brown, a/k/a
Shortman,
Plaintiff - Appellant,
versus
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeals from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Charleston. Patrick Michael Duffy, District
Judge. (2:00-cr-00765-PMD-1; 2:04-cv-01587-PMD)
Submitted: September 11, 2007 Decided: September 14, 2007
Before WILKINSON, MOTZ, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Warren Kuzon, Appellant Pro Se. Carlton R. Bourne, Jr., Assistant
United States Attorney, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
In these consolidated appeals, Warren Kuzon seeks to
appeal the district court’s orders denying relief on his 28 U.S.C.
§ 2255 (2000) motion and subsequent Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) motion.
To the extent Kuzon seeks to appeal the district court’s order
denying relief on his § 2255 motion, we dismiss the appeal for lack
of jurisdiction because the notice of appeal was not timely filed
and Kuzon failed to timely obtain a reopening of the appeal period.
See Browder v. Dir., Dep’t of Corr.,
434 U.S. 257, 264 (1978); Fed.
R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(B), (a)(6).
The order denying Kuzon’s Rule 60(b) motion is 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 (2003); Slack v. McDaniel,
529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); Reid v.
Angelone,
369 F.3d 363, 371 (4th Cir. 2004); Rose v. Lee,
252 F.3d
676, 683 (4th Cir. 2001). We have independently reviewed the
record and conclude that Kuzon has not made the requisite showing.
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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
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