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Parties Involved:
David Alonzo
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-10596

Summary Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff–Appellee,

versus

DAVID ALONZO,

Defendant–Appellant.

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Texas

USDC No. 4:12-CR-180

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

David Alonzo, federal prisoner # 44847-177, seeks leave to proceed in 

 

* 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 3, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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forma pauperis (“IFP”) on appeal of the denial of his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) 

motion to reduce his sentence based on retroactive amendment 782 to U.S.S.G. 

§ 2D1.1. By moving to proceed IFP, Alonzo is challenging the district court’s 

certification that his appeal was not taken in good faith because it is frivolous. 

See Baugh v. Taylor, 117 F.3d 197, 202 (5th Cir. 1997).

Under § 3582(c)(2), a sentence may be modified if it is based on a sentencing range that subsequently was lowered by the Sentencing Commission. 

The district court did not err in concluding that Alonzo’s range was not lowered 

by amendment 782.

Alonzo has failed to show that he will raise a nonfrivolous issue on 

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

the motion to proceed IFP is DENIED, and the appeal is DISMISSED. See

Baugh, 117 F.3d at 202 n.24; 5TH CIR. R. 42.2.

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