UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 02-6289
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
DARRELL W. SAMUEL,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
South Carolina, at Columbia. Dennis W. Shedd, District Judge.
(CR-94-773, CA-97-3823)
Submitted: May 30, 2002 Decided: June 6, 2002
Before WILKINS, TRAXLER, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Darrell W. Samuel, Appellant Pro Se. Beth Drake, Assistant United
States Attorney, Columbia, South Carolina, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Darrell W. Samuel appeals the district court’s denial of a
postjudgment motion filed pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b). The
district court originally dismissed the action on its merits, and
we dismissed the appeal on the reasoning of the district court.
United States v. Samuel, No. 00-7067, 2001 WL 15316 (4th Cir.
Jan. 8, 2001) (unpublished), cert. denied, 122 S. Ct. 298 (2002).
We review denial of a Rule 60(b) motion for abuse of
discretion. United States v. Holland, 214 F.3d 523, 527 (4th Cir.
2000). Having reviewed the district court’s order denying the
motion, we conclude that the court did not abuse its discretion in
denying the requested relief. Therefore, we deny a certificate of
appealability and dismiss the appeal. We dispense with oral
argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately
presented in the materials before the court and argument would not
aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED
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