UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA CHARLOTTE DIVISION 3:18-cv-383-MOC (3:13-cr-280-MOC-DSC-1)

STEVE HALE, ) ) Petitioner, ) ) vs. ) ORDER ) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) Respondent. ) __________________________________________)

THIS MATTER is before the Court on Petitioner’s “Informal Brief for Issuance of a Certificate of Appealability,” (Doc. No. 18). Petitioner filed a § 2255 Motion to Vacate in the instant case that denied on January 22, 2020. (Doc. No. 13). The Court declined to issue a certificate of appealability. (Id.). On appeal, the Fourth Circuit denied a certificate of appealability and dismissed Petitioner’s appeal. United States v. Hale,

(4th Cir. 2020). The instant “Informal Brief for Issuance of a Certificate of Appealability,” was docketed in this Court as a Motion for Certificate of Appealability. (Doc. No. 18). However, a review of the Fourth Circuit’s docket indicates that it is a duplicate of Petitioner’s appellate brief. See (Fourth Cir. Case No. 20-6183, Doc. No. 6). Further, this Court has already denied Petitioner a certificate of appealability, (Doc. No. 13), and Petitioner has set forth no basis to reconsider the issue. IT IS, THEREFORE, ORDERED that Petitioner’s “Informal Brief for Issuance of a Certificate of Appealability,” (Doc. No. 18), is DENIED. Signed: August 27, 2020

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