United States v. Sanchez McPherson , 624 F. App'x 125 ( 2015 )


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  •                              UNPUBLISHED
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
    FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
    No. 15-7150
    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
    Plaintiff - Appellee,
    v.
    SANCHEZ OZELL MCPHERSON, a/k/a Delano Jacob McPherson, a/k/a
    Chez, a/k/a Delano MacPherson,
    Defendant - Appellant.
    Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
    South Carolina, at Charleston.    Patrick Michael Duffy, Senior
    District Judge. (2:09-cr-01348-PMD-1)
    Submitted:   December 15, 2015             Decided:    December 17, 2015
    Before GREGORY    and   FLOYD,   Circuit   Judges,    and   DAVIS,   Senior
    Circuit Judge.
    Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
    Sanchez Ozell McPherson, Appellant Pro Se.               Sean   Kittrell,
    Assistant United States Attorney, Charleston,           South   Carolina,
    for Appellee.
    Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
    PER CURIAM:
    Sanchez Ozell McPherson appeals the district court’s order
    denying his Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) motion for reconsideration of
    the   district   court’s      order      denying    relief     on    his   28       U.S.C.
    § 2255 (2012) motion.         We have reviewed the record and conclude
    that McPherson’s motion was not a true Rule 60(b) motion, but in
    substance a successive § 2255 motion.                     See United States v.
    McRae, 
    793 F.3d 392
    , 399-400 (4th Cir. 2015); see also Gonzalez
    v.    Crosby,   
    545 U.S. 524
    ,    531-32       (2005)    (explaining        how     to
    differentiate    a    true   Rule     60(b)      motion     from    an   unauthorized
    successive habeas motion).            McPherson therefore is not required
    to obtain a certificate of appealability to appeal the district
    court’s order.        
    McRae, 793 F.3d at 400
    .                 In the absence of
    prefiling    authorization        from    this     court,    the    district         court
    lacked    jurisdiction       to   hear     McPherson’s        successive        §     2255
    motion.     See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3) (2012).
    Additionally, we construe McPherson’s notice of appeal and
    informal brief as an application to file a second or successive
    § 2255 motion.        United States v. Winestock, 
    340 F.3d 200
    , 208
    (4th Cir. 2003).        In order to obtain authorization to file a
    successive § 2255 motion, a prisoner must assert claims based on
    either:      (1) newly discovered evidence that . . . would be
    sufficient to establish by clear and convincing evidence that no
    reasonable factfinder would           have found the movant guilty of the
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    offense;     or     (2)    a        new    rule    of   constitutional             law,    made
    retroactive to cases on collateral review by the Supreme Court,
    that   was     previously            unavailable.           28    U.S.C.       §     2255(h).
    McPherson’s       claims       do    not    satisfy     either       of   these     criteria.
    Therefore, we deny authorization to file a successive § 2255
    motion.      Accordingly, we affirm the district court’s order.                              We
    deny McPherson’s motions for appointment of counsel, transcripts
    at   Government         expense,      and    relief     from     judgment.           We    also
    dispense     with       oral        argument      because      the     facts       and    legal
    contentions       are    adequately         presented     in     the      materials       before
    this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
    AFFIRMED
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Document Info

Docket Number: 15-7150

Citation Numbers: 624 F. App'x 125

Judges: Davis, Floyd, Gregory, Per Curiam

Filed Date: 12/17/2015

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 11/6/2024