Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vernon PONDS, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-06-08
Citations: 11 F. App'x 322
Docket Number: No. 01-6290
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vernon PONDS, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WILKINS, TRAXLER, and KING, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 11
Pages: 322–323

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vernon PONDS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 01-6290.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted May 31, 2001.
Decided June 8, 2001.
Vernon Ponds, pro se. Kevin Frank McDonald, Office of the United States Attorney, Greenville, SC, for appellee.
Before WILKINS, TRAXLER, and KING, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Vernon Ponds seeks to appeal the district court's order denying his motion filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp. 2000). We have reviewed the record and the district court's opinion and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we deny a certificate of appealability and dismiss the appeal substantially on the reasoning of the district court. United States v. Ponds, No. CR-95-370 (D.S.C. filed Dec. 20, 2000; entered Dec. 21, 2000). 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.
We recently held in United States v. Sanders, 247 F.3d 139 (4th Cir.2001), that the new rule announced in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), is not retroactively applicable to cases on collateral review. Accordingly, Ponds's Apprendi claim is not cognizable.