UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 03-6929
JAMES ANTHONY MCNALLY, JR.,
Petitioner - Appellant,
versus
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Respondent - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland, at Baltimore. Walter E. Black, Jr., Senior District
Judge. (CA-02-120-B)
Submitted: December 19, 2003 Decided: February 12, 2004
Before WIDENER, LUTTIG, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
James Anthony McNally, Jr., Appellant Pro Se. Paul Michael
Cunningham, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES ATTORNEY, Baltimore,
Maryland, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
James Anthony McNally, Jr., previously appealed the
district court’s order denying relief on his 28 U.S.C. § 2255
(2000) motion. We denied a certificate of appealability and
dismissed the appeal. See United States v. McNally, No. 03-6837
(4th Cir. Sept. 24, 2003) (unpublished). McNally now appeals from
the district court’s denial of his motion for a certificate of
appealability filed in that court. Because we have previously
determined that McNally has failed to provide grounds meriting a
certificate of appealability, it is the law of the case.
Christianson v. Colt Indus. Operating Corp., 486 U.S. 800, 815-16
(1988); United States v. Bell, 5 F.3d 64, 66-67 (4th Cir. 1993).
Thus, we affirm the district court’s denial of McNally’s motion for
a certificate of appealability. 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.
AFFIRMED
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