UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 01-6252
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
WAYNE P. THOMAS, a/k/a Eugene Gregory,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. Frederic N. Smalkin, District Judge. (CR-
91-212-S, CA-01-206-S)
Submitted: June 29, 2001 Decided: July 16, 2001
Before LUTTIG, MICHAEL, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Wayne P. Thomas, Appellant Pro Se. Jamie M. Bennett, Assistant
United States Attorney, Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Wayne P. Thomas appeals the district court’s order denying his
motion filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp. 2000). We have
reviewed the record and the district court’s opinion and find no
reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appeal-
ability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district
court.* See United States v. Thomas, Nos. CR-91-212-S; CA-01-206-S
(D. Md. Jan. 29, 2001). We dispense with oral argument because the
facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the mate-
rials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.
DISMISSED
*
Thomas’ informal brief includes a request for permission to
file a second or successive § 2255 motion. We decline to act on
this request at the present time. We note that the court’s staff
has forwarded to Thomas the appropriate forms so that he may
properly file a motion for such authorization under 28 U.S.C.A. §
2244 (West 1994 & Supp. 2000). The court will act upon Thomas’
request for authorization to file a successive § 2255 motion when
it is filed.
2