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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jeffrey Ray STOVALL, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 04-31143.
    Conference Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Decided April 11, 2006.
    Cristina Walker, Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Louisiana, Shreveport, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Jeffrey Ray Stovall, Beaumont, TX, pro se.
    Before JONES, Chief Judge, and JOLLY and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Jeffrey Ray Stovall, a federal prisoner (# 10665-035), appeals from the district court’s denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to vacate his sentence. Stovall is serving a 168-month prison term for his 2001 guilty-plea conviction of distribution of cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). The district court granted Stovall a certificate of appealability (COA) on the issue whether Stovall’s sentence violated his Sixth Amendment rights under Blakely v. Washington, 542 U.S. 296, 124 S.Ct. 2531, 159 L.Ed.2d 403 (2004). Stovall has not sought to expand the COA beyond this issue.

Stovall now seeks relief on the basis of United States v. Booker, 543 U.S. 220, 125 S.Ct. 738, 160 L.Ed.2d 621 (2005). Booker, however, does not apply retroactively to cases on initial collateral review. United States v. Gentry, 432 F.3d 600, 605-06 (5th Cir.2005). Accordingly, the district court’s order denying § 2255 relief is AFFIRMED.

Stovall’s motion to supplement his reply brief to argue that Booker applies retroactively on collateral review is DENIED. See Fed. R.App. P. 28 (j); 5th Cir. R. 28.4. 
      
       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.