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 28 U.S.C. § 2255 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