Case Name: Levi WOODERTS, JR., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Warden Rodney W. CHANDLER, FCI Fort Worth, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-04-07
Citations: 599 F. App'x 181
Docket Number: No. 14-10544
Parties: Levi WOODERTS, JR., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Warden Rodney W. CHANDLER, FCI Fort Worth, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before SMITH, WIENER, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 599
Pages: 181–182

Head Matter:
Levi WOODERTS, JR., Petitioner-Appellant, v. Warden Rodney W. CHANDLER, FCI Fort Worth, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 14-10544
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
April 7, 2015.
Levi Wooderts, Jr., Fort Worth, TX, pro se.
Before SMITH, WIENER, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Levi Wooderts, Jr., federal prisoner # 29639-077, appeals the dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition for abuse of the writ. Wooderts is serving a sentence for conspiring to alter and traffic in motor-vehicle parts. His petition alleged that he is being unlawfully detained because he has not been given credit for time served while in state custody. He has also filed motions to proceed in forma pauperis ("IFP") and for appointment of counsel.
Because the petition raised a legal claim that was previously rejected by the district court and this court, the district court did not abuse its discretion when it dismissed it for an abuse of the writ. See United States v. Tubwell, 37 F.3d 175, 177-78 (5th Cir.1994); 28 U.S.C. § 2244(a). Consequently, the appeal is DISMISSED as frivolous, see 5th Cir. R. 42.2, and Wooderts's motions for IFP and appointment of counsel are DENIED.
Wooderts has been warned that frivolous, repetitive, or otherwise abusive filings would invite sanctions. Because he has failed to heed that warning, he is ORDERED to pay a sanction of $300 to the clerk of this court. He is BARRED from filing any pleading in this court or any court subject to this court's jurisdiction seeking credit for time served in state custody until the sanction has been paid in full, unless he first obtains leave of the court in which he seeks to file such a pleading. Wooderts is further CAUTIONED that any future frivolous, repetitive, or otherwise abusive filings in a district court or in this court will subject him to additional and progressively more severe sanctions. Wooderts shall review all pending matters and move to dismiss any that are frivolous, repetitive, or otherwise abusive.
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.