Case Name: Curtis GORDON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Burl CAIN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2003-10-10
Citations: 77 F. App'x 739
Docket Number: No. 03-30612
Parties: Curtis GORDON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Burl CAIN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before GARWOOD, JOLLY, and JONES, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 77
Pages: 739–740

Head Matter:
Curtis GORDON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Burl CAIN, Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 03-30612
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Oct. 10, 2003.
Before GARWOOD, JOLLY, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Curtis Gordon, Louisiana prisoner # 80114, was convicted by a jury of second degree murder in 1975 and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Gordon seeks a certificate of appealability (COA) to appeal the district court's order transferring his successive 28 U.S.C. § 2254 application to this court.
We must examine the basis of our jurisdiction sua sponte if necessary. Mosley v. Cozby, 813 F.2d 659, 660 (5th Cir.1987). An order transferring a successive 28 U.S.C. § 2254 application to the court of appeals is a non-appealable interlocutory order. See Brinar v. Williamson, 245 F.3d 515, 516-18 (5th Cir.2001). This court is without jurisdiction to consider Gordon's appeal. Accordingly, Gordon's motion for a COA is DENIED, and the appeal is DISMISSED for lack of jurisdiction.
MOTION DENIED; APPEAL DISMISSED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.