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Callahan v. Clarke

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Jul 27, 2018
No. 18-6262 (4th Cir. Jul. 27, 2018)

Opinion

No. 18-6262

07-27-2018

ANTWAN W. CALLAHAN, Petitioner - Appellant, v. HAROLD W. CLARKE, Director of Virginia Department of Corrections, Respondent - Appellee.

Antwan Wydell Callahan, Appellant Pro Se.


UNPUBLISHED

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Claude M. Hilton, Senior District Judge. (1:18-cv-00083-CMH-JFA) Before NIEMEYER and FLOYD, Circuit Judges, and SHEDD, Senior Circuit Judge. Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Antwan Wydell Callahan, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM:

Antwan Wydell Callahan, a state prisoner, appeals the district court's order construing his Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) motion as an unauthorized successive 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012) petition and dismissing it for lack of jurisdiction. We have reviewed the record and conclude that the district court did not err in dismissing Callahan's motion as an unauthorized successive habeas petition. See Gonzalez v. Crosby, 545 U.S. 524, 530-32 (2005). Accordingly, although we grant Callahan leave to proceed in forma pauperis, we affirm the district court's order. See Callahan v. Clarke, No. 1:18-cv-00083-CMH-JFA (E.D. Va. Feb. 23, 2018). 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.

A certificate of appealability is not required for us to determine this issue. See United States v. McRae, 793 F.3d 392, 400 (4th Cir. 2015). --------

AFFIRMED


Summaries of

Callahan v. Clarke

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
Jul 27, 2018
No. 18-6262 (4th Cir. Jul. 27, 2018)
Case details for

Callahan v. Clarke

Case Details

Full title:ANTWAN W. CALLAHAN, Petitioner - Appellant, v. HAROLD W. CLARKE, Director…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Jul 27, 2018

Citations

No. 18-6262 (4th Cir. Jul. 27, 2018)