Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Thomas GARRISON, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-09-28
Citations: 19 F. App'x 141
Docket Number: No. 01-7143
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Thomas GARRISON, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before LUTTIG, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 19
Pages: 141–142

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John Thomas GARRISON, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 01-7143.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Sept. 20, 2001.
Decided Sept. 28, 2001.
John Thomas Garrison, pro se. Ray B. Fitzgerald, Jr., Office of the United States Attorney, Charlottesville, VA, for appellee.
Before LUTTIG, KING, and GREGORY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
John Thomas Garrison seeks to appeal the district court's order denying his motion filed under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 (West Supp.2001). 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. Garrison, Nos. CR-97-83; CA-00-258-7 (W.D.Va. May 2, 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.
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, Garrison's Apprendi claim is not cognizable.