Levon Bazemore v. United States

Levon Bazemore (“Petitioner”), a federal prisoner proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to reopen the time for filing an appeal, pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 4(a)(6). Petitioner ultimately seeks to appeal the district court’s order denying his Rule 60(b) motion for relief from judgment: the motion was a successive motion under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 filed without authorization from this Court. No reversible error has been shown; we affirm.

This appeal is the latest event in a long history of post-conviction proceedings dating back to 1996, when…