Case Name: George Cleron MORGAN, Petitioner-Appellant v. Nathaniel QUARTERMAN, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2009-05-13
Citations: 324 F. App'x 432
Docket Number: No. 08-40851
Parties: George Cleron MORGAN, Petitioner-Appellant v. Nathaniel QUARTERMAN, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before JOLLY, BENAVIDES, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 324
Pages: 432–433

Head Matter:
George Cleron MORGAN, Petitioner-Appellant v. Nathaniel QUARTERMAN, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 08-40851
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
May 13, 2009.
George Cleron Morgan, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Cuero, TX, for Petitioner-Appellant.
Susan Frances San Miguel, Office of the Attorney General Postconviction Litigation Div., Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee.
Before JOLLY, BENAVIDES, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
George Cleron Morgan, Texas prisoner number 1125877, was convicted of possession of cocaine and retaliation, and he was sentenced to serve 23 years in prison. Morgan filed a § 2254 application asserting that his drug conviction was constitutionally flawed. The district court dismissed the application as successive. Morgan filed the instant Rule 60(b) motion requesting relief from judgment. On August 3, 2008, the magistrate judge entered an oral order addressing the motion. Morgan filed a notice of appeal of the magistrate judge's order. Morgan now seeks a certificate of appealability (COA) and leave to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) on appeal from this court.
If necessary, we must examine the basis of our jurisdiction sua sponte. Mosley v. Cozby, 813 F.2d 659, 660 (5th Cir.1987). Under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, this court's jurisdiction is limited to appeals from "final decisions of the district courts." The magistrate judge's entry of an oral order on August 3, 2008, is not a final decision of the district court. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. Morgan's motions for a COA and for leave to proceed IFP are denied without prejudice as unripe.
APPEAL DISMISSED; MOTIONS DENIED AS UNRIPE.
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.