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Parties Involved:
Walter Gonzalez
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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The Honorable Karen E. Schreier, United States District Judge for the District

of South Dakota, adopting the report and recommendations of the Honorable Marshall

P. Young, United States Magistrate Judge for the District of South Dakota.

United States Court of Appeals

FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT

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No. 05-2137

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Walter Gonzalez, *

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Appellant, *

* Appeal from the United States

v. * District Court for the

* District of South Dakota.

United States of America, *

* [UNPUBLISHED]

Appellee. *

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Submitted: November 29, 2005

Filed: December 9, 2005

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Before MELLOY, MAGILL, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges.

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PER CURIAM.

Walter Gonzalez filed a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion, seeking relief based on

United States v. Booker, 125 S. Ct. 738 (2005), and based on two criminal-history

issues he did not pursue on direct appeal. The district court1

 denied Gonzalez’s

motion, but granted a certificate of appealability (COA) on whether the rule

announced in Booker applies retroactively to cases on collateral review. We have

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since concluded that it does not. See Never Misses A Shot v. United States, 413 F.3d

781, 783-84 (8th Cir. 2005) (per curiam). Further, Gonzalez has not made a

substantial showing that he was denied a constitutional right so as to justify expanding

the scope of the COA to include his criminal-history arguments. See 28 U.S.C. §

2253(c); Pruitt v. United States, 233 F.3d 570, 572-73 (8th Cir. 2000) (appellate

review of ruling on § 2255 motion is limited to issues specified in COA), cert. denied,

533 U.S. 932 (2001). Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B.

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