U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 2017

United States v. Obed Hoyte

United States v. Obed Hoyte
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Decided May 26, 2017 · Agee, King, Per Curiam, Wynn
690 F. App'x 122

United States v. Obed Hoyte

Opinion

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

PER CURIAM:

Obed Hoyte appeals the district court’s order dismissing his Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) motion as an unauthorized, successive 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion. Our review of *123 the record confirms that Hoyte sought successive § 2255 relief without authorization from this court, and we therefore hold that the district court properly dismissed the motion for lack of jurisdiction. 28 U.S.C. §§ 2244(b)(3)(A), 2255(h) (2012). Thus, we affirm the district court’s order. See United States v. McRae, 793 F.3d 392, 400 (4th Cir. 2015).

We construe Hoyte’s notice of appeal and informal brief as an application to file a second or successive § 2255 motion. United States v. Winestock, 340 F.3d 200, 208 (4th Cir. 2003). In order to obtain authorization to file a successive § 2255 motion, a prisoner must assert claims based on newly discovered evidence sufficient to establish that no reasonable fact-finder would have found the movant guilty of the offense, or a new rule of constitutional law that the Supreme Court has made retroactive to cases on collateral review. 28 U.S.C. § 2255(h)(1)-(2). Hoyte’s claims do not satisfy either of these criteria. Therefore, we deny authorization to file a successive § 2255 motion. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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