MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WILLIAM M. NICKERSON, Senior District Judge.

Before the Court is the Government's Motion to Dismiss Defendant Adewale Johnson Aladekoba's Motion to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. ECF No. 450. The relevant procedural history is as follows.

On March 11, 1994, this Court sentenced Mr. Aladekoba to a term of life imprisonment under the then-applicable mandatory sentencing guidelines. Mr. Aladekoba has since filed several motions under § 2255 which were denied. See ECF Nos. 309 (filed April 26, 1999), 409 (filed March 23, 2012), and 413 (filed June 12, 2012). Without leave from the Fourth Circuit, Aladekoba filed this motion on the ground that the Supreme Court's holding in Alleyne v. United States, ___ U.S. ___, 133 S.Ct. 2151 (June 17, 2013), retroactively applies to his sentencing.

Under 28 U.S.C. § 2244, a petitioner may file a second or successive habeas corpus petition only if he has first obtained an order from the appropriate circuit court authorizing the district court to consider his application. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3). Despite Mr. Aladekoba's argument to the contrary,1 the pending Petition is successive and this Court may not consider it until the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit enters an order authorizing the district court to do so. See id.; see also In re Vial, 115 F.3d 1192, 1197-98 (4th Cir. 1997). Because it does not appear that Petitioner has obtained such authorization, the instant Motion will be dismissed without prejudice pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3).

Accordingly, it is this 20th day of April, 2015, ordered that: