                                                       United States Court of Appeals
                                                                Fifth Circuit
                                                             F I L E D
               IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT                  June 24, 2003

                                                         Charles R. Fulbruge III
                                                                 Clerk
                             No. 03-20139
                         Conference Calendar


THOMAS PALERMO,

                                     Petitioner-Appellant,

versus

JANIE COCKRELL, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT
OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, INSTITUTIONAL DIVISION,

                                     Respondent-Appellee.

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          Appeal from the United States District Court
               for the Southern District of Texas
                      USDC No. H-02-CV-501
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Before DeMOSS, DENNIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Thomas Palermo, Texas prisoner #823316, moves for a

certificate of appealability (COA) to appeal from the denial

of his motion for relief pursuant to FED. R. CIV. P. 60(b).

No COA is required following the denial of Rule 60(b) relief.

Dunn v. Cockrell, 302 F.3d 491, 492 (5th Cir. 2002),

cert. denied, 123 S. Ct. 1208 (2003).   Palermo’s COA motion is

DENIED as unnecessary.



     *
        Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined
that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent
except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.
R. 47.5.4.
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     Palermo contended in his Rule 60(b) motion that the notice

of appeal he had filed in his underlying habeas corpus action was

timely filed.   We already had dismissed Palermo’s appeal in the

underlying action because the notice of appeal was untimely.

The district court lacked jurisdiction to overturn this court’s

dismissal of Palermo’s previous appeal via a grant of Palermo’s

Rule 60(b) motion.   See Lancaster v. Presley, 35 F.3d 229, 232

(5th Cir. 1994).

     COA DENIED; APPEAL DISMISSED.   5TH CIR. R. 42.2.
