United States v. DeWilliams

ORDER DENYING CERTIFICATE OF APPEALABILITY *

Gary deWilliams, a federal prisoner proceeding pro se, seeks a certificate of ap-pealability (COA) to appeal the dismissal of his “Motion for Relief from a Void Judgment Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 60(b)(4),” which the district court construed as an unauthorized successive 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion. See 28 U.S.C. § 2255(h). We deny a COA and dismiss this matter.

In 1988, Mr. deWilliams pleaded guilty to bank robbery and making a false statement. Three weeks after sentencing him, the district court entered an order clarifying the…