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Parties Involved:
Carlos Huitron Martinez
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-10242

Summary Calendar 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff-Appellee 

v. 

CARLOS HUITRON MARTINEZ, 

Defendant-Appellant 

Appeal from the United States District Court 

for the Northern District of Texas 

USDC No. 3:11-CR-146-21

Before OWEN, ELROD, and COSTA, Circuit Judges. 

PER CURIAM:*

Carlos Huitron Martinez, federal prisoner # 43160-177, seeks to proceed 

in forma pauperis (IFP) to appeal the district court’s denial of his motion to 

stay a transfer from his current prison facility to another. His IFP motion is 

construed as a challenge to the district court’s certification that his appeal was 

frivolous and not taken in good faith. See Baugh v. Taylor, 117 F.3d 197, 202 

(5th Cir. 1997); 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3); FED. R. APP. P. 24(a)(3)(A). Because 

 

* 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 6, 2017

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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Huitron Martinez has no constitutional right to be incarcerated in the facility 

of his choice; see Olim v. Wakinekona, 461 U.S. 238, 244-46 (1983); 18 U.S.C. 

§ 3621(b); he has failed to show that his appeal involves an arguably 

meritorious issue. See Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir. 1983).

IT IS ORDERED, therefore, that Huitron Martinez’s motion to proceed 

IFP on appeal is DENIED, and the appeal DISMISSED AS FRIVOLOUS. See 

5TH CIR. R. 42.2.

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