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Parties Involved:
Steven Goins
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

* 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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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

April 21, 2004

Charles R. Fulbruge III

Clerk

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

 

No. 03-60904 

Conference Calendar

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

STEVEN GOINS,

Defendant-Appellant.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Mississippi

USDC No. 4:95-CR-100-2 

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Before JOLLY, JONES, and SMITH, Circuit Judges. 

PER CURIAM:*

Steven Goins, federal prisoner # 06314-112, is currently

serving a 360-month sentence on a guilty-plea conviction for one

count of conspiracy with intent to possess and distribute cocaine

base. He appeals from the district court’s denial of his “writ

of error” as an unauthorized successive 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion. 

See 28 U.S.C. § 2244. Goins does not challenge the propriety of

the district court’s denial. Rather, he argues the merits of his

“writ of error,” specifically, that the district court lacked

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jurisdiction due to a defective indictment. Because Goins has

failed to address the basis of the district court’s denial, he

has waived the only appealable issue. See Brinkmann v. Dallas

County Deputy Sheriff Abner, 813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir. 1987).

Goins’s appeal is without arguable merit and is therefore

frivolous. See Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir.

1983). Accordingly, Goins’s appeal is dismissed as frivolous. 

See 5TH CIR. R. 42.2. Goins is WARNED that the filing of future

frivolous appeals may result in sanctions.

APPEAL DISMISSED AS FRIVOLOUS; SANCTIONS WARNING ISSUED.

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