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Summary: OPINION and ORDER CAMERON McGOWAN CURRIE , Senior District Judge . This matter is before the court on Defendant's motion for relief from final judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6) filed December 29, 2015. ECF No. 378. Defendant maintains a variety of errors occurred in this matter related to his conviction and sentencing. Defendant's motion is a second or successive motion for relief under 28 U.S.C. 2255. Defendant's failure to secure permission to file a second
Summary: OPINION and ORDER CAMERON McGOWAN CURRIE , Senior District Judge . This matter is before the court on Defendant's motion for relief from final judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6) filed December 29, 2015. ECF No. 378. Defendant maintains a variety of errors occurred in this matter related to his conviction and sentencing. Defendant's motion is a second or successive motion for relief under 28 U.S.C. 2255. Defendant's failure to secure permission to file a second o..
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OPINION and ORDER
CAMERON McGOWAN CURRIE, Senior District Judge.
This matter is before the court on Defendant's motion for relief from final judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6) filed December 29, 2015. ECF No. 378. Defendant maintains a variety of errors occurred in this matter related to his conviction and sentencing.
Defendant's motion is a second or successive motion for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Defendant's failure to secure permission to file a second or successive motion in the appropriate court of appeals prior to filing the motion in the district court is fatal to the outcome of any action on the motion in this court. Prior to filing a second or successive motion under § 2255 in the District Court, Defendant must obtain certification by a panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals allowing him to file a second or successive motion. As provided in 28 U.S.C. § 2244, "[b]efore a second or successive application permitted by this section is filed in the district court, the applicant shall move in the appropriate court of appeals for an order authorizing the district court to consider the application." 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A). See also Rule 9 of the Rules Governing 2255 Proceedings ("Before presenting a second or successive motion, the moving party must obtain an order from the appropriate court of appeals authorizing the district court to consider the motion. . . ."). This he has not done.
The requirement of filing a motion with a court of appeals (in this instance, the Fourth Circuit) for permission and securing permission to file a second or successive motion is jurisdictional. Therefore, Defendant's failure to secure permission in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals prior to filing this § 2255 motion is fatal to any action in this court. This motion is dismissed as this court is without jurisdiction to consider it.
CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY
The governing law provides that:
(c)(2) A certificate of appealability may issue . . . only if the applicant has made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.
(c)(3) The certificate of appealability . . . shall indicate which specific issue or issues satisfy the showing required by paragraph (2).
28 U.S.C. § 2253(c). A prisoner satisfies this standard by demonstrating that reasonable jurists would find this court's assessment of his constitutional claims is debatable or wrong and that any dispositive procedural ruling by the district court is likewise debatable. See Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336 (2003); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); Rose v. Lee, 252 F.3d 676, 683 (4th Cir. 2001). In this case, the legal standard for the issuance of a certificate of appealability has not been met. Therefore, a certificate of appealability is denied.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
