Hourani v. United States

ROGERS, Circuit Judge.

Dani Hourani appeals the district court’s denial of his Rule 60(b) motion, in which he alleged that the district court misunderstood the nature of the issue presented and, therefore, ruled incorrectly on Hourani’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel that he raised in his original § 2255 motion. After the district court denied the motion as an unauthorized second or successive § 2255 motion, Hourani sought and received a certificate of appealability from this court. Because Hourani’s Rule 60(b) motion asserts a claim, it is a second or successive § 2255 motion, and…