Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Pomp BLACKMON, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2001-09-20
Citations: 19 F. App'x 86
Docket Number: No. 01-6467
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Pomp BLACKMON, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before WIDENER, WILLIAMS, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 19
Pages: 86–87

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Pomp BLACKMON, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 01-6467.
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.
Submitted Aug. 24, 2001.
Decided Sept. 20, 2001.
Pomp Blackmon, pro se. Marshall Prince, Office of the United States Attorney, Columbia, SC, for appellee.
Before WIDENER, WILLIAMS, and TRAXLER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Pomp Blackmon 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. Blackmon, Nos. CR-98-1126; CA-00-2451-0-19 (D.S.C. Feb. 15, 2001). Further, we deny Blackmon's motions to vacate his convictions and dismiss the indictment and to amend his informal brief. 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 noted in United States v. Sanders, 247 F.3d 139, 146 (4th Cir.2001), that the new rule announced in Apprendi v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466, 490, 120 S.Ct. 2348, 147 L.Ed.2d 435 (2000), is not retroactively applicable to cases on collateral review. Accordingly, Blackmon's Apprendi claim is not cognizable.