UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 98-7392
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee,
versus
KEVIN A. NICKLES,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern Dis-
trict of Virginia, at Alexandria. T.S. Ellis, III, District Judge.
(CR-92-473-A, CA-97-796-AM)
Submitted: November 19, 1998 Decided: December 3, 1998
Before HAMILTON and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior
Circuit Judge.
Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
Kevin A. Nickles, Appellant Pro Se. Robert Clifford Chesnut, As-
sistant United States Attorney, Alexandria, Virginia, for Appellee.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
See Local Rule 36(c).
PER CURIAM:
Kevin A. Nickles seeks to appeal the district court’s orders
denying his motion filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West 1994 &
Supp. 1998), his motion for reconsideration, and his motion for a
certificate of appealability. We dismiss the appeals from the de-
nial of relief on the § 2255 motion and motion for reconsideration
for lack of jurisdiction because the notice of appeal was filed
beyond the sixty-day appeal period. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a). As
for the denial of the motion for a certificate of appealability, we
have reviewed the record and the district court’s opinion and find
no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appeal-
ability and dismiss the appeal on the reasoning of the district
court. United States v. Nickles, Nos. CR-92-473-A; CA-97-796-AM
(E.D. Va. Dec. 3, 1997). We dispense with oral argument because the
facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the mate-
rials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional
process.
DISMISSED
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