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Nature of Suit Code: 530
Nature of Suit: Prisoner Petitions - Habeas Corpus
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-10136

Summary Calendar

GERY LEE SCOTT,

Petitioner-Appellant

v.

LORIE DAVIS, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL 

JUSTICE, CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS DIVISION,

Respondent-Appellee

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Texas

USDC No. 4:16-CV-20

Before JOLLY, DAVIS, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Gery Lee Scott, Texas prisoner # 1123905, seeks leave to proceed in 

forma pauperis (IFP) to appeal the district court’s transfer of his 28 U.S.C. 

§ 2254 application as successive and unauthorized. Scott was convicted of 

injury to a child-bodily injury and sentenced to 35 years of imprisonment. He 

raised claims challenging his conviction and sentence on the basis of an 

 

* 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.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

November 10, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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allegedly unlawful sentence enhancement as well as the state and federal 

postconviction proceedings.

This appeal is frivolous and without merit because the district court 

correctly determined that the § 2254 application was successive and

unauthorized under 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A). See § 2254(a); Leal Garcia v. 

Quarterman, 573 F.3d 214, 222 (5th Cir. 2009); Moore v. Dretke, 369 F.3d 844, 

846 (5th Cir. 2004). Accordingly, Scott’s motions for IFP and appointment of 

counsel are DENIED, and his appeal is DISMISSED as frivolous. See 5TH CIR.

R. 42.2; FED. R. APP. P. 24(a)(5); Carson v. Polley, 689 F.2d 562, 586 (5th Cir. 

1982).

This is Scott’s third unsuccessful attempt to challenge his conviction and 

sentence. He is WARNED that future frivolous or repetitive filings will result 

in the imposition of sanctions.

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