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Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Vacate Sentence
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 19-7225

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

 Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

CESAR SIERRO-PINEDA, a/k/a Desiderio Ramirez Duarte, a/k/a Desiderio 

Pineda Duarte,

 Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina, at 

Statesville. Kenneth D. Bell, District Judge. (5:11-cr-00022-KDB-1; 5:14-cv-00063-

KDB)

Submitted: January 17, 2020 Decided: January 24, 2020

Before WILKINSON and AGEE, Circuit Judges, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Cesar Sierro-Pineda, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Cesar Sierro-Pineda appeals the district court’s order construing his Fed. R. Civ. P. 

60(b) motion as an unauthorized successive 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2018) motion and 

dismissing it for lack of jurisdiction. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible 

error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability as unnecessary and affirm. See 

United States v. McRae, 793 F.3d 392, 400 (4th Cir. 2015) (“[W]e need not issue a COA 

before determining whether the district court erred in dismissing [a] purported Rule 60(b) 

motion as an unauthorized successive habeas petition.”). 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 the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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