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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nicholas J. QUEEN, Sr., Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 01-6052.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
    Submitted Feb. 13, 2001.
    Decided March 8, 2001.
    Nicholas J. Queen, Sr., pro se.
    Before MICHAEL, DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM.

Nicholas James Queen appeals the district court’s order denying Queen’s Fed. R.Civ.P. 60(b)(6) motion, in which Queen claimed that the district court lacked jurisdiction to try him in 1994 for bank robbery and related crimes. The record reveals that Queen’s convictions were upheld on appeal, a 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West 1994 & Supp.2000) motion was denied on the merits, and this court denied Queen’s two attempts to obtain authorization to file a successive § 2555 motion. Queen’s Rule 60(b) motion, which attacks his convictions, is properly construed as a § 2255 motion. Thompson v.. Calderon, 151 F.3d 918, 921 (9th Cir.1998). Because this court has not authorized Queen’s filing of a successive § 2255 motion, the district court properly denied Queen’s Rule 60(b)(6) motion. United States v. Rich, 141 F.3d 550, 551-53 (5th Cir.1998).

We therefore dismiss the appeal. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before us and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED.