Case Name: UNITED STATES Of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carlos GASCA, a/k/a Chino, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-11-25
Citations: 543 F. App'x 888
Docket Number: No. 13-3227
Parties: UNITED STATES Of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carlos GASCA, a/k/a Chino, Defendant-Appellant.
Judges: Before BRISCOE, Chief Judge, EBEL and BACHARACH, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 543
Pages: 888–889

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES Of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carlos GASCA, a/k/a Chino, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 13-3227.
United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.
Nov. 25, 2013.
Sheri McCracken, Esq., Office Of The United States Attorney, Kansas City, KS, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Carlos Gasea Milan, MI, pro se.
Before BRISCOE, Chief Judge, EBEL and BACHARACH, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY
Carlos Gasea, a federal prisoner proceeding pro se, seeks a certificate of ap-pealability (COA) to appeal the district court's decision dismissing for lack of jurisdiction his second motion for relief under 28 U.S.C. § 2255. We deny a COA and dismiss this matter.
In 2004, Mr. Gasea pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. He was sentenced to 360 months' imprisonment. He filed an appeal, but we dismissed it because he had waived his appellate rights in his plea agreement. In 2006, he filed a § 2255 motion to vacate, set aside or correct his sentence. The district court denied the motion, and we denied his request for a COA. See United States v. Gasca, 236 Fed.Appx. 459, 460 (10th Cir.2007).
In August 2013, Mr. Gasea filed a second § 2255 motion. The district court concluded that this motion was an unauthorized second or successive § 2255 motion and dismissed it for lack of jurisdiction. Mr. Gasea now seeks a COA to appeal from that decision.
To obtain a COA, Mr. Gasea must show that "jurists of reason would find it debatable whether the district court was correct in its procedural ruling." Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484, 120 S.Ct. 1595, 146 L.Ed.2d 542 (2000). A prisoner may not ñle a second or successive § 2255 motion unless he first obtains an order from the circuit court authorizing the district court to consider the motion. 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A); id. § 2255(h). Absent such authorization, a district court lacks jurisdiction to address the merits of a second or successive § 2255 motion. In re Cline, 531 F.3d 1249, 1251 (10th Cir.2008) (per curiam).
In his second § 2255 motion, Mr. Gasea argued that he was entitled to relief from his sentence based on the Supreme Court's recent decision in Alleyne v. United States, — U.S. -, 133 S.Ct. 2151, 186 L.Ed.2d 314 (2013). As the district court correctly explained, however, Mr. Gasea had already filed one § 2255 motion, and he was therefore required to obtain authorization from this court before he could file a second § 2255 motion. Because he had not done so, the district court dismissed the motion for lack of jurisdiction. See Cline, 531 F.3d at 1251.
The district court also concluded that it was not in the interest of justice to transfer the motion to this court because Mr. Gasca's claim was not likely to have merit. As the district court noted, Alleyne has not been made retroactive to cases on collateral review. See R., Vol. 1 at 59 (citing Simpson v. United States, 721 F.3d 875, 876-77 (7th Cir.2013)). We recently joined the Seventh Circuit in holding that Alleyne does not meet the standard for authorizing second or successive claims because the Supreme Court has not made Alleyne retroactive to cases on collateral review as required by § 2255(h)(2). See In re Payne, 733 F.3d 1027, 1029-30 (10th Cir. 2013).
Reasonable jurists could not debate that the district court was correct in its procedural ruling to dismiss Mr. Gasca's second § 2255 motion for lack of jurisdiction. Accordingly, we deny a COA and dismiss this matter.
This order is not binding precedent except under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, and collateral estoppel. It may be cited, however, for its persuasive value consistent with Fed. R.App. P. 32.1 and 10th Cir. R. 32.1.