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

_____________ 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