United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT
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                                     No. 05-2700
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United States of America,                 *
                                          *
             Appellee,                    *
                                          * Appeal from the United States
      v.                                  * District Court for the
                                          * District of Nebraska.
Darius M. Moss,                           *
                                          *      [UNPUBLISHED]
             Appellant.                   *
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                              Submitted: March 21, 2006
                                 Filed: April 6, 2006
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Before RILEY, MAGILL, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.
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PER CURIAM.

       Darius Moss appeals the district court’s1 denial of his Federal Rule of Civil
Procedure 60(b) motion challenging a 1999 order denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2255
motion; he also appeals the denial of his Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e)
motion. Moss’s motion was in reality a successive section 2255 motion. 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, 

, 1094 (8th

      1
        The Honorable Laurie Smith Camp, United States District Judge for the
District of Nebraska.
Cir. 2002) (per curiam) (inmates may not bypass authorization requirement of § 2255
by purporting to invoke some other procedure). Thus, we deny a certificate of
appealability (COA), see United States v. Lambros, 

, 1036 (8th Cir.)
(per curiam) (COA is required to appeal denial of any motion that ultimately seeks
habeas relief), cert. denied, 

(2005), and dismiss this appeal.
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