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Parties Involved:
Martin Cardona Gutierrez
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-10349

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

MARTIN CARDONA GUTIERREZ,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Texas

USDC No. 5:14-CR-20

Before DAVIS, JONES, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Martin Cardona Gutierrez, federal prisoner # 79308-180, moves for leave 

to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) on appeal from the denial of his “Motion for 

Judgment Nunc Pro Tunc” alleging that he was sentenced incorrectly because 

he did not receive a three-level decrease for acceptance of responsibility in 

accordance with his plea agreement after his guilty plea conviction for 

conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine.

 

* 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

December 21, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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Gutierrez received the three-level reduction for acceptance of 

responsibility, and his motion and appeal are patently frivolous. This appeal 

is “from the denial of a meaningless, unauthorized motion.” See United States 

v. Early, 27 F.3d 140, 142 (5th Cir. 1994). Gutierrez has failed to show that 

his appeal involves “legal points arguable on their merits (and therefore not 

frivolous).” Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir.1983) (internal 

quotation marks omitted). Accordingly, the motion for leave to proceed IFP on 

appeal is DENIED and the appeal is DISMISSED as frivolous. See Baugh v. 

Taylor, 117 F.3d 197, 202 & n.24 (5th Cir. 1997).

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