Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2019-02-27 20:00:17.691398+00
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UNPUBLISHED

                       UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                           FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

                                       No. 18-7160

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                     Plaintiff - Appellee,

              v.

RODERICK BLACK, a/k/a Roger,

                     Defendant - Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina, at
Elizabeth City. Terrence W. Boyle, Chief District Judge. (2:94-cr-00015-BO-9; 2:17-cv-
00055-BO)

Submitted: February 20, 2019                                  Decided: February 27, 2019

Before AGEE, DIAZ, and THACKER, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Roderick Black, Appellant Pro Se.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.
PER CURIAM:

         Roderick Black appeals the district court’s order construing his Fed. R. Civ. P.

60(b) motion as an unauthorized successive 28 U.S.C. § 2255 (2012) motion and

dismissing it for lack of jurisdiction. We have reviewed the record and find no reversible

error.

         In the same order, the district court denied relief on two motions Black labeled

“Motion to Modify Sentence Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2)” and “Motion for

Reconsideration of the Court’s Denial of Defendant’s 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2).” On

appeal, we confine our review to the issues raised in the Appellant’s brief. See 4th Cir.

R. 34(b). Because Black’s informal brief does not challenge the bases for the district

court’s disposition of these other motions, Black has forfeited appellate review of that

portion of the district court’s order. See Jackson v. Lightsey, 775 F.3d 170, 177 (4th Cir.

2014) (“The informal brief is an important document; under Fourth Circuit rules, our

review is limited to issues preserved in that brief.”).

         Accordingly, we deny as unnecessary a certificate of appealability (“COA”) and

affirm. See United States v. McRae, 793 F.3d 392, 400 (4th Cir. 2015) (“[W]e need not

issue a COA before determining whether the district court erred in dismissing [a]

purported Rule 60(b) motion as an unauthorized successive habeas petition.”).          We

dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately

presented in the materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional

process.

                                                                              AFFIRMED

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