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UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Anthony Lamone MISHER, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 12-50160
    Summary Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Jan. 11, 2013.
    Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Assistant U.S. At-' torney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Anthony Lamone Misher, Forrest City, AR, pro se.
    Before KING, CLEMENT, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

■ Anthony Lamone Misher, federal prisoner # 60747-080, seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) on appeal-from the district court’s denial of his 18' U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motion to reduce his sentence based on the Fair Sentencing Act and recent amendments to the Sentencing Guidelines. A jury, convicted Misher of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine; he is serving 360 months of imprisonment. To support his IFP motion, Misher argues that the district court did not determine whether he was -eligible for a § 3582(c)(2) reduction under the amended Guidelines, and therefore the district court erred by failing to perform the first step of the inquiry set forth in Dillon v. United States, — U.S. -, 130 S.Ct. 2683, 2691, 177 L.Ed.2d 271 (2010). He also argues that the district court inappropriately based its denial of his § 3582(c)(2) motion on matters that were not considered at trial or sentencing and were not relevant to his underlying offense.

By moving to proceed IFP, Misher is challenging the district court’s certification decision that his appeal was not taken in good faith because it is frivolous. See Baugh v. Taylor, 117 F.3d 197, 202 (5th Cir.1997). “An investigation into the [IFP] movant’s objective good faith, while necessitating a brief inquiry into the merits of an appeal, does not require that probable success be shown.” Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir.1983). Rather, this court’s inquiry into an appellant’s good faith “is limited to whether the appeal involves legal points arguable on their merits (and therefore not frivolous).” Id. (internal quotation marks and citation omitted).

The district court’s determination that Misher was eligible for § 3582(c)(2) relief, as set forth in Dillon, 130 S.Ct. at 2691-92, was implied by its consideration of whether relief was warranted. See United States v. Larry, 632 F.3d 933, 936 (5th Cir.2011). Such implicit consideration of eligibility for relief is sufficient. Id. Also, the district court gave due consideration to Misher’s motion and considered the 18 U.S.C. § 3553(a) factors in its determination that a sentence reduction was not warranted. The district court’s decision therefore was not an abuse of discretion. See United States v. Evans, 587 F.3d 667, 671-73 (5th Cir.2009); United States v. Whitebird, 55 F.3d 1007, 1010 (5th Cir.1995); U.S.S.G. § 1B1.10, cmt. (n.l(B)(i)(ii)) (2011).

Misher has failed to demonstrate that his appeal involves non-frivolous legal issues. See Howard, 707 F.2d at 220. Accordingly, his IFP motion is DENIED. Because the appeal is frivolous, it is DISMISSED. See 5th Cir. R. 42.2. 
      
       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.