Case Name: Leroy WHITE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Charlie JONES, Warden, Attorney General, State of Alabama, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, Respondents-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-01-13
Citations: 408 F. App'x 292
Docket Number: No. 11-10069
Parties: Leroy WHITE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Charlie JONES, Warden, Attorney General, State of Alabama, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, Respondents-Appellees.
Judges: Before EDMONDSON, HULL and WILSON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 408
Pages: 292–293

Head Matter:
Leroy WHITE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Charlie JONES, Warden, Attorney General, State of Alabama, Commissioner, Alabama Department of Corrections, Respondents-Appellees.
No. 11-10069.
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
Jan. 13, 2011.
Before EDMONDSON, HULL and WILSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
BY THE COURT:
Alabama death row inmate Leroy White has moved this Court for a certificate of appealability ("COA") to review the district court's denial of his Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) motion for relief from the district court's judgment denying White's 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for a writ of habeas corpus.
We deny White's motion for a COA as unripe because he has not filed a motion for a COA in the district court first and obtained a ruling from the district court. See United States v. Futch, 518 F.3d 887, 894 n. 1 (11th Cir.2008) ("District courts must consider and rule upon the propriety of issuing the COA first, that is, before a request for a COA will be received or acted on by this court or a judge of this court.").
Alternatively, we deny the motion for a COA in the reasons outlined in our order denying White's second motion for a stay of execution.
MOTION DENIED.