UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT _____________

No. 11-1205 _____________

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

v.

CREMNE BRANCH,

Appellant _____________

On Appeal from the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania (No. 1-05-cr-00146-001) District Judge: Honorable Christopher C. Connor

Submitted Pursuant to Third Circuit L.A.R. 34.1(a) September 11, 2012 ____________

Before: SMITH, CHAGARES, and GARTH, Circuit Judges.

(Filed: December 10, 2012) ___________

JUDGMENT ORDER ____________

The defendant Branche having appealed from the denial of his motion to vacate,

set aside, or correct his sentence pursuant to

and from the denial of a

certificate of appealability by the District Court, it is on this 10th day of December, 2012

ordered and adjudged that the judgment of the District Court entered on December 17, 2010 be and the same is hereby affirmed substantially for the reasons so adequately set

forth in the District Court’s opinion.

BY THE COURT,

Michael A. Chagares Circuit Judge

Dated: December 10, 2012