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Parties Involved:
Nathan C. Stutsy
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-60618

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff–Appellee,

versus

NATHAN C. STUTSY,

Defendant–Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Mississippi

USDC No. 1:13-CR-36

Before REAVLEY, SMITH, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Nathan Stutsy, federal prisoner # 15513-042, appeals the denial of his 

 

* 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

May 2, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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motion, under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52(b), for collateral relief 

from his conviction and sentence for enticing a minor to engage in sexual 

activity. Rule 52(b) does not provide a procedural mechanism for collaterally 

challenging a conviction or sentence; rather, “recourse may be had to [Rule 

52(b)] only on appeal[.]” United States v. Frady, 456 U.S. 152, 163 (1982). 

Stutsy thus appeals the denial of a “meaningless, unauthorized motion.” 

United States v. Early, 27 F.3d 140, 142 (5th Cir. 1994). Accordingly, we

DISMISS the appeal as frivolous. See 5TH CIR. R. 42.2; Howard v. King, 707 

F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir. 1983).

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