UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT ___________

No. 19-1323 ___________

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

v.

MICHAEL BARRETT a/k/a MICHAEL BARNETT, Appellant

On Appeal from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (D. C. Civil No. 2-07-cr-00001-002) District Court Judge: Honorable J. Curtis Joyner

Argued: December 9, 2020 ______________

Before: McKEE, PORTER and FISHER, Circuit Judges

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JUDGMENT ORDER _____________

This appeal from an order of the District Court dated December 19, 2018 denying

relief came before this court pursuant to a Certificate of Appealability that was granted on

October 10, 2019 and was argued on December 9, 2020. Having considered the arguments of counsel, it is hereby ORDERED that the

aforementioned Certificate of Appealability was improvidently granted. The appeal is

therefore hereby dismissed.

BY THE COURT,

s/ Theodore A. McKee, Circuit Judge

ATTEST:

s/ Patricia S. Dodszuweit, Clerk

Dated: January 7, 2021

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