Opinion
3:06-CV-01224
08-22-2023
ORDER
MATTHEW W. BRANN, CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
AND NOW, this 22nd day of August 2023, in accordance with the accompanying Memorandum, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. Petitioner Michael Walker's motion (Doc. 83) for relief under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(6) is DISMISSED for lack of jurisdiction because it is a second or successive petition for a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 filed without authorization from the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
2. A certificate of appealability shall not issue, as Walker has not made a substantial showing of the denial of a constitutional right, see 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(2), or that “jurists of reason would find it debatable” whether this Court's procedural ruling is correct, Slack v. McDaniel, 529 U.S. 473, 484 (2000).
3. Walker's motion for substitution of parties (Doc. 84) and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (Doc. 86) are DISMISSED as moot in light of paragraph 1 above.