Hannibal Buchanan v. Commonwealth of Virginia, No. 15-7181 (4th Cir. 2015)

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UNPUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 15-7181 HANNIBAL TYR KONR BUCHANAN, a/k/a Paul Gregory Chapman, Petitioner - Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, Respondent - Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, at Alexandria. Liam O’Grady, District Judge. (1:15-cv-00710-LO-TCB) Submitted: December 15, 2015 Before GREGORY Circuit Judge. and FLOYD, Decided: Circuit Judges, December 18, 2015 and DAVIS, Senior Dismissed by unpublished per curiam opinion. Hannibal Tyr Konr Buchanan, Appellant Pro Se. Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit. PER CURIAM: Hannibal Tyr Konr Buchanan appeals from the district court’s order dismissing his Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b) motion, after construing it as an unauthorized successive 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (2012) petition. reversible We error. have reviewed Accordingly, we the deny record leave and to find no proceed in forma pauperis and dismiss the appeal for the reasons stated by the district court. Buchanan v. Virginia, No. 1:15-cv-00710-LO- TCB (E.D. Va. filed July 9, 2015 & entered July 10, 2015). dispense with contentions are oral argument adequately because presented in the the facts We and legal materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process. DISMISSED 2

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