Case Name: Linwood Douglas THORNE, Petitioner - Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent - Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-12-21
Citations: 210 F. App'x 336
Docket Number: No. 06-7297
Parties: Linwood Douglas THORNE, Petitioner — Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent — Appellee.
Judges: Before WILKINSON, TRAXLER, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 210
Pages: 336–337

Head Matter:
Linwood Douglas THORNE, Petitioner — Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent — Appellee.
No. 06-7297.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted: Dec. 4, 2006.
Decided: Dec. 21, 2006.
Linwood Douglas Thorne, Appellant Pro Se. Stephen S. Zimmermann, Office of the United States Attorney, Greenbelt, Maryland, for Appellee.
Before WILKINSON, TRAXLER, and SHEDD, Circuit Judges.
Dismissed by unpublished PER CURIAM opinion.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Linwood Douglas Thorne appeals the district court's order construing his motion for sentence review under 18 U.S.C. § 3742 (West 2000 & Supp.2006) as a motion for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2000), and subsequently dismissing the § 2255 motion without prejudice for lack of jurisdiction because it was successive and unauthorized. The order is not appealable unless a circuit justice or judge issues a certificate of appealability. 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1) (2000). A certificate of appealability will not issue absent "a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right." 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2) (2000). A prisoner satisfies this standard by demonstrating that reasonable jurists would find that the district court's assessment of his constitutional claims and any dispositive rulings are debatable or wrong. 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). We have independently reviewed the record and conclude that Thorne has not made the requisite showing. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
DISMISSED.
To the extent that Thorne's informal brief filed in this court can be construed as a request for this court's permission to file a successive § 2255 motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b), we deny it.