Case Name: Autry Lee JONES, Petitioner-Appellant v. Lorie DAVIS, 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: 2017-11-22
Citations: 703 F. App'x 354
Docket Number: No. 17-20006
Parties: Autry Lee JONES, Petitioner-Appellant v. Lorie DAVIS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee
Judges: Before PRADO, ELROD, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 703
Pages: 354–355

Head Matter:
Autry Lee JONES, Petitioner-Appellant v. Lorie DAVIS, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Correctional Institutions Division, Respondent-Appellee
No. 17-20006
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Filed November 22, 2017
Autry Lee Jones, Pro Se
Jessica Michelle Manojlovich, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, for Respondent-Appellee
Before PRADO, ELROD, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Autry Lee Jones, former Texas prisoner # 325804 and former federal prisoner # 52873-080, moves for a certificate of appealability (COA) to appeal the dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 application challenging his 1981 Texas habitual offender sentence for possession of a controlled substance. He argues that the district court erred by dismissing as time barred his claim that he is "actually innocent" of the habitual offender enhancement.
We must examine the basis of our jurisdiction sua sponte if necessary. Mosley v. Cozby, 813 F.2d 659, 660 (5th Cir. 1987). Because Jones has previously filed at least one unsuccessful § 2254 challenge to the instant conviction and sentence, the district court should have dismissed the instant § 2254 application as an- unauthorized successive, and this court lacks jurisdiction over the instant appeal. United States v. Key, 205 F.3d 773, 774-75 (5th Cir. 2000); 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A). Accordingly, we DISMISS this appeal for lack of jurisdiction and DENY AS MOOT Jones's motion for a COA.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.