Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brian E. COLLINS, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-07-05
Citations: 13 F. App'x 145
Docket Number: No. 01-6530
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brian E. COLLINS, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WIDENER and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 13
Pages: 145–145

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brian E. COLLINS, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 01-6530.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted June 21, 2001.
Decided July 5, 2001.
Brian E. Collins, pro se. Fenita Morris Shepard, J. Frank Bradsher, Office of the United States Attorney, Raleigh, NC, for appellee.
Before WIDENER and GREGORY, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Brian E. Collins 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. See United States v. Collins, Nos. CR-99-92-H; CA-00-676-5-H (E.D.N.C. filed Feb. 23, 2001; entered Fed. 27, 2001). 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.
Collins' claim that his sentence is not proper in light of the rule announced in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000) is without merit. We recently held in United States v. Sanders, 247 F.3d 139 (4th Cir.2001), that the new rule announced in Apprendi is not retroactively applicable to cases on collateral review.