UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 01-6940
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
DENNIS ALLEN BREWER,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Alexandria. T.S. Ellis, District Judge.
(CR-91-342)
Submitted: July 26, 2001 Decided: August 2, 2001
Before WILLIAMS and MICHAEL, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Dennis Allen Brewer, Appellant Pro Se.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Dennis Allen Brewer seeks to appeal the district court’s
orders denying his motion filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West
Supp. 2000) and his subsequent motion for a certificate of
appealability. Although Brewer’s § 2255 motion was successive, the
district court denied relief on the merits. Because Brewer did not
obtain authorization from this court to file his successive motion
in the district court, we deny a certificate of appealability and
dismiss the appeal because the district court lacked authority to
consider it. See 28 U.S.C.A. §§ 2244(b)(3), 2255 (West Supp. 2000).
We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal conten-
tions are adequately presented in the materials before the court
and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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