Case Name: Robert L. CLARK, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gregory MCLAUGLIN, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2018-03-06
Citations: 714 F. App'x 978
Docket Number: No. 16-13065 Non-Argument Calendar
Parties: Robert L. CLARK, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gregory MCLAUGLIN, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before TJOFLAT, NEWSOM, and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 714
Pages: 978–979

Head Matter:
Robert L. CLARK, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gregory MCLAUGLIN, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 16-13065 Non-Argument Calendar
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
(March 6, 2018)
Robert L. Clark, Pro Se
Clint Christopher Malcolm, Attorney General’s Office, Atlanta, GA, for Respondent-Appellee
Before TJOFLAT, NEWSOM, and EDMONDSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Petitioner Robert Clark, a Georgia state prisoner proceeding pro se, appeals the dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition and the denial of what we take as a motion for reconsideration. The district court determined that the section 2254 petition was an unauthorized second or successive petition. No reversible error has been shown; we affirm.
In 2004, Petitioner was convicted of kidnapping and was sentenced to 16 years' imprisonment. Petitioner's conviction was affirmed on direct appeal. Clark v. State, 278 Ga.App. 412, 629 S.E.2d 103, 105 (2006). Petitioner later filed a state habeas petition, which was denied by the state court in October 2010. In 2012, the Georgia Supreme Court then denied Petitioner a certificate of probable cause to appeal the denial. In 2016, Petitioner filed the section 2254 petition at issue in this appeal.
The district court committed no error in determining that Petitioner's 2016 section 2254 petition was second or successive. The record demonstrates that Petitioner filed an earlier section 2254 petition in 2012 that was denied on the merits. Because Petitioner has failed to obtain authorization from this Court to file a second or successive petition, the district court lacked jurisdiction to consider Petitioner's 2016 petition. See Farris v. United States, 333 F.3d 1211, 1216 (11th Cir. 2003) ("Without authorization, the district court lacks jurisdiction to consider a second or successive petition.").
Because we conclude that Petitioner's 2016 petition was dismissed properly as second or successive, the district court abused no discretion in denying Petitioner's motion for reconsideration. Moreover—to the extent Petitioner's motion for reconsideration could be construed as a motion under Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e)—Peti-tioner failed to identify either newly dis covered evidence or a manifest error of law or fact that would warrant relief. See Arthur v. King, 500 F.3d 1335, 1343 (11th Cir. 2007).
AFFIRMED.