UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 15-6503
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
v.
KEVIN LAMONT WALKER,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of Virginia, at Newport News. Rebecca Beach Smith,
Chief District Judge. (4:05-cr-00005-RBS-JEB-1)
Submitted: August 10, 2015 Decided: September 28, 2015
Before SHEDD, AGEE, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Kevin Lamont Walker, Appellant Pro Se. Eric Matthew Hurt,
Assistant United States Attorney, Newport News, Virginia, for
Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:
Kevin Lamont Walker appeals the district court’s marginal
order denying his Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) motion for
reconsideration of the district court’s order denying relief on
his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion. We have reviewed the record
and conclude that Walker’s motion was not a “true Rule 60(b)”
motion, but in substance a successive § 2255 motion. See United
States v. McRae, ___ F.3d ___, 2015 WL 4190665 at *5-*6 (4th
Cir. July 13, 2015); see also Gonzalez v. Crosby, 545 U.S. 524,
531-32 (2005) (explaining how to differentiate a true Rule 60(b)
motion from an unauthorized successive habeas corpus motion).
Therefore, we conclude that Walker is not required to obtain a
certificate of appealability to appeal the district court’s
order. See Mcrae, 2015 WL 4190665, at *5-*6. However, in the
absence of prefiling authorization, the district court lacked
jurisdiction to hear a successive § 2255 motion. See 28 U.S.C.
§ 2244(b)(3) (2012).
Accordingly, we deny Walker’s motion to expedite the appeal
and affirm the district court’s order. We dispense with oral
argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately
presented in the materials before this court and argument would
not aid in the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
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