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Timestamp: 2016-12-06 02:55:05
Document Index: 735809855

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2255', '§ 2244', '§ 2244', '§ 2255', '§ 2253']

United States of America,v.Robert Benton, Jr., Defendant
For USA, Plaintiff: William E Day, II, LEAD ATTORNEY, U.S. Attorneys Office (Cola), Columbia, SC.
This matter is before the court on Defendant's motion to vacate the judgment in his criminal case based upon Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 60(d)(3) and 60(b)(4). ECF No. 246. Defendant argues that the court lacked jurisdiction in this case because he was never provided a copy of the original indictment in this matter (in which he was not named as a defendant), thereby voiding the subsequent four superseding indictments (in which he was named as a defendant).
Defendant presents no evidence of fraud on the court under Rule 60(d)(3). Additionally, Defendant's attempt to argue lack of jurisdiction is, in reality, a second or successive motion for relief under § 2255. Defendant's failure to secure permission to file a second or successive motion in the appropriate court of appeals prior to the filing of the motion in the district court is fatal to the outcome of any action on the motion in this court. The Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) of 1996, Pub. L. No. 104-132, 110 Stat. 1214 (1996), placed specific restrictions on second or successive motions under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. Prior to filing a second or successive motion under § 2255, Defendant must obtain certification by a panel of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals allowing him to file a second or successive motion. As provided in 28 U.S.C. § 2244, " [b]efore a second or successive application permitted by this section is filed in the district court, the applicant shall move in the appropriate court of appeals for an order authorizing the district court to consider the application." 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A). See also Rule 9 of the Rules Governing 2255 Proceedings (" Before presenting a second or successive motion, the moving party must obtain an order from the appropriate court of appeals authorizing the district court to consider the motion . . . ."). This he has not done.
The requirement of securing permission to file a second or successive motion is jurisdictional. Therefore, Defendant's failure to secure permission in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals prior to filing this § 2255 motion is fatal to any action in this court. This motion is dismissed as this court is without jurisdiction to consider it.
28 U.S.C. § 2253(c). A prisoner satisfies this standard by demonstrating that reasonable jurists would find this court's assessment of his constitutional claims is debatable or wrong and that any dispositive procedural ruling by the district court is likewise debatable. See Miller-El v. Cockrell, 537 U.S. 322, 336, 123 S.Ct. 1029, 154 L.Ed.2d 931 (2003); Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484, 120 S.Ct. 1595, 146 L.Ed.2d 542 (2000); Rose v. Lee, 252 F.3d 676, 683 (4th Cir. 2001). In this case, the legal standard for the issuance of a certificate of appealability has not been met. Therefore, a certificate of appealability is denied.