United States v. Cheese

UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 01-6766 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff - Appellee, versus TROY LAMONT CHEESE, Defendant - Appellant. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Beckley. Charles H. Haden II, Chief District Judge. (CR-97-155, CA-00-548-5) Submitted: September 6, 2001 Decided: September 13, 2001 Before WIDENER, WILLIAMS, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges. Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Troy Lamont Cheese, Appellant Pro Se. Michael Lee Keller, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Charleston, West Virginia, for Appellee. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. See Local Rule 36(c). PER CURIAM: Troy Lamont Cheese seeks to appeal an order of the district court denying his motion to reconsider an order dismissing his motion for relief under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West 1994 & Supp. 2001). The district court dismissed the motion as untimely, and declined to reconsider that order. On appeal, Cheese seeks to pur- sue only issues he raised in an amendment and supplemental addendum to the motion. Those issues all arise from the Supreme Court’s decision in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000). This court recently held that the ruling in Apprendi does not apply retroactively to cases on collateral review. United States v. Sanders, 247 F.3d 139, 151 (4th Cir. 2001). Therefore, as Cheese is entitled to no relief, we deny a certificate of appealability. 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 2