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Parties Involved:
Americo Bautista-Villarreal
Appellant
Bureau of Prisons
Appellee
GEO Group
Appellee
United States of America
Appellee
Warden, Reeves County Detention Center III
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 12-50835

Summary Calendar

AMERICO BAUTISTA-VILLARREAL,

Petitioner-Appellant

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; WARDEN, REEVES COUNTY DETENTION

CENTER III; BUREAU OF PRISONS; GEO GROUP,

Respondents-Appellees

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Western District of Texas

USDC No. 4:11-CV-41

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, OWEN, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Americo Bautista-Villarreal, federal prisoner # 37537-079, an alien against

whom the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement has issued a

detainer subjecting him to immediate removal from the United States upon

release from Bureau of Prisons (BOP) custody, moves this court to proceed in

forma pauperis (IFP) to appeal the dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition

challenging the BOP’s exclusion of him from rehabilitation programs and

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

F I L E D

January 3, 2013

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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.

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halfway houses. His arguments are foreclosed by this court’s decision in

Gallegos-Hernandez v. United States, 688 F.3d 190, 192-93 (5th Cir. 2012), cert.

denied, ___ S. Ct. ___, 2012 WL 4462145 (U.S. Oct. 29, 2012) (No. 12-6450).

Accordingly, Bautista Villarreal’s motion to proceed IFP is DENIED, and

his appeal is DISMISSED as frivolous. See 5TH CIR. R. 42.2.

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