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Nature of Suit Code: 510
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Vacate Sentence
Cause of Action: 

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The Honorable Laurie Smith Camp, United States District Judge for the

District of Nebraska.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 05-2700

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United States of America, *

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Appellee, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* District of Nebraska.

Darius M. Moss, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellant. *

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Submitted: March 21, 2006

Filed: April 6, 2006 

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Before RILEY, MAGILL, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Darius Moss appeals the district court’s1

 denial of his Federal Rule of Civil

Procedure 60(b) motion challenging a 1999 order denying his 28 U.S.C. § 2255

motion; he also appeals the denial of his Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 59(e)

motion. Moss’s motion was in reality a successive section 2255 motion. Cf.

Gonzalez v. Crosby, 125 S. Ct. 2641, 2647-48 (2005) (Rule 60(b) motion should not

be treated as successive habeas motion if it attacks district court’s previous resolution

of claim on procedural grounds); United States v. Patton, 309 F.3d 1093, 1094 (8th

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Cir. 2002) (per curiam) (inmates may not bypass authorization requirement of § 2255

by purporting to invoke some other procedure). Thus, we deny a certificate of

appealability (COA), see United States v. Lambros, 404 F.3d 1034, 1036 (8th Cir.)

(per curiam) (COA is required to appeal denial of any motion that ultimately seeks

habeas relief), cert. denied, 125 S. Ct. 2953 (2005), and dismiss this appeal.

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