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Parties Involved:
Carlos Martinez-Tello
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-40599

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

CARLOS MARTINEZ-TELLO,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 1:08-CR-1248-2

Before DAVIS, CLEMENT, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Carlos Martinez-Tello, federal prisoner # 82078-079, filed a motion to 

dismiss the indictment wherein he argued that the district court lacked 

exclusive legislative and subject matter jurisdiction over the criminal case that 

resulted in his 2010 conviction of possession with intent to distribute 

approximately 14.22 kilograms of cocaine. The district court denied the motion 

as unmeritorious and denied Martinez-Tello’s motion to proceed in forma 

* 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

January 14, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

 

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pauperis (IFP) on appeal and certified that the appeal was not taken in good 

faith. Martinez-Tello challenges the denial of his IFP motion and the 

certification that the appeal was not taken in good faith.

This court’s inquiry into whether an appeal is taken in good faith “is 

limited to whether the 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 and citation omitted). 

Martinez-Tello’s notice of appeal from the denial of his motion was 

untimely. See FED. R. APP. P. 4. His assertion that the district court failed to 

notify him of the denial of his motion is belied by the record. Accordingly, 

Martinez-Tello’s motion to proceed IFP on appeal is denied and the appeal is 

dismissed as frivolous. See 5TH CIR. R. 42.2.

IFP DENIED; APPEAL DISMISSED.

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