US v. Brian Bronson
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UNPUBLISHED PER CURIAM OPINION filed. Motion disposition in opinion--updating certificate of appealability status Originating case number: 5:06-cr-00249-D-1,5:12-cv-00467-D Copies to all parties and the district court/agency. [999263292]. Mailed to: Brian Bronson. [13-7223]
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UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 13-7223
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
BRIAN JAMES BRONSON, a/k/a Little B,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh.
James C. Dever, III,
Chief District Judge. (5:06-cr-00249-D-1; 5:12-cv-00467-D)
Submitted:
December 17, 2013
Decided: December 19, 2013
Before KING, GREGORY, and WYNN, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Brian James Bronson, Appellant Pro Se.
John Howarth Bennett,
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Greenville, North
Carolina; William Ellis Boyle, NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC SAFETY, Raleigh, North Carolina; Michael Gordon James,
OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina,
for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
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PER CURIAM:
Brian
court’s
order
James
Bronson
dismissing
as
seeks
to
appeal
time-barred
Bronson’s
U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp. 2013) motion. *
appealable
unless
a
circuit
certificate of appealability.
A
certificate
of
the
justice
district
second
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The order is not
or
judge
issues
a
28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B) (2006).
appealability
will
not
issue
absent
“a
substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right.”
28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2) (2006).
relief
on
the
merits,
a
When the district court denies
prisoner
satisfies
this
standard
by
demonstrating that reasonable jurists would find the district
court’s assessment of the constitutional claims is debatable or
wrong.
Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000); see Miller-
El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336-38 (2003).
When the district
court denies relief on procedural grounds, the prisoner must
demonstrate
both
that
the
dispositive
procedural
ruling
is
debatable, and that the motion states a debatable claim of the
denial of a constitutional right.
Slack, 529 U.S. at 484-85.
We have independently reviewed the record and conclude
that
Bronson
has
not
made
the
requisite
showing.
Bronson’s
motion, which challenged the validity of his career offender
*
Alternatively, the district court ruled that Bronson’s
motion was barred by the waiver-of-rights provision included in
his plea agreement.
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sentence, should have been deemed a successive § 2255 motion.
And in the absence of pre-filing authorization from this court,
the
district
court
lacked
jurisdiction
to
adjudicate
timeliness of this successive § 2255 motion.
§ 2244(b)(3)
(2006).
Accordingly,
we
appealability and dismiss the appeal.
deny
a
the
See 28 U.S.C.
certificate
of
We 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.
DISMISSED
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