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Nature of Suit Code: 510
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Vacate Sentence
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UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-6215

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff - Appellee,

v.

LUTHER LOCKLEAR,

Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern 

District of North Carolina, at Wilmington. Louise W. Flanagan, 

District Judge. (7:09-cr-00033-FL-2; 7:12-cv-00074-FL)

Submitted: January 13, 2015 Decided: January 26, 2015

Before WILKINSON, SHEDD, and KEENAN, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Thomas Reston Wilson, GREENE & WILSON, PA, New Bern, North 

Carolina, for Appellant. Jennifer P. May-Parker, Ethan A. 

Ontjes, Assistant United States Attorneys, Yvonne Victoria 

Watford-McKinney, Seth Morgan Wood, OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES 

ATTORNEY, Raleigh, North Carolina, for Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:

Luther Locklear appeals the district court’s order 

dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion. We have reviewed 

the record and conclude that the district court properly 

dismissed the motion as untimely. Locklear’s claims on appeal 

are squarely foreclosed by our recent decision in Whiteside v. 

United States, __ F.3d __, 2014 WL 7245453 (4th Cir. Dec. 19, 

2014) (en banc), and we therefore affirm the district court’s 

judgment. United States v. Locklear, Nos. 7:09-cr-00033-FL-2; 

7:12-cv-00074-FL (E.D.N.C. Jan. 28, 2014). 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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