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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255']

UNITED STATES OF AMERICAv.TRADON MARQUEZ DRAYTON, Defendant.
Tradon Marquez Drayton, Pro Se Defendant.
The defendant has submitted a letter (ECF No. 602), alleging among other things that he was wrongfully convicted, as demonstrated by new evidence that a government witness lied at trial, and that he is entitled to be resentenced under the Supreme Court's recent decision in Alleyne v. United States , 133 S.Ct. 2151 (2013). Based on the nature of the defendant's allegations, the court docketed the submission as a Motion to Vacate, Set Aside, or Correct Sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. After review of the allegations and the record, I find that the defendant's current submission is properly construed and must be summarily denied without prejudice as a successive § 2255 motion. See 28 U.S.C. § 2255(h).
The defendant, Tradon Marquez Drayton, was convicted by a jury in 2006 on charges related to a drug trafficking conspiracy. I sentenced him to a total of 548 months in prison, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed the Judgment. United States v. Drayton , 267 F.Appx. 192 (4th Cir. 2008) (unpublished). I also denied Drayton's later motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. United States v. Drayton , No. 1:04CR00009, 2010 WL 4136144 (W.D. Va. Oct. 21, 2010), appeal dismissed , 415 F.Appx. 490 (4th Cir. 2011) (unpublished).
This court may consider a second or successive § 2255 motion only upon specific certification from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit that the claims in the motion meet certain criteria involving newly discovered evidence or a new rule of constitutional law. See § 2255(h). Because Drayton has previously pursued relief under § 2255 and offers no indication that he has obtained certification from the court of appeals to file a second or successive § 2255 motion, I must deny his current motion without prejudice.