Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Charles Christopher MINCY, also known as Charles Mincy, Defendant-Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-06-14
Citations: 652 F. App'x 273
Docket Number: No. 15-51057
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Charles Christopher MINCY, also known as Charles Mincy, Defendant-Appellant
Judges: Before JOLLY, DENNIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 652
Pages: 273–274

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Charles Christopher MINCY, also known as Charles Mincy, Defendant-Appellant
No. 15-51057
Summary Calendar
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Date Filed: 06/14/2016
Joseph H. Gay, Jr., Assistant U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney’s Office, San Antonio, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
Charles Christopher Mincy, Pro Se.
Before JOLLY, DENNIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Charles Christopher Mincy, federal prisoner # 09002-380, moves to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) to appeal the denial of his 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(2) motion for reduction of his felon-in-possession-of-a-firearm sentence, arguing that Amendment 784 to the Sentencing Guidelines should be retroactively applied to reduce his advisory guidelines range. •
By moving for IFP, Mincy is challenging the district court's certification that his appeal is not taken in good faith. See Baugh v. Taylor, 117 F.3d 197, 202 (5th Cir.1997). Our inquiry "is limited to whether the appeal involves legal points arguable on their merits (and therefore not frivolous)." Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 219-20 (5th Cir.1983) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted). We review the district court's decision whether to reduce a sentence under § 3582(c)(2) for an abuse of discretion, while the court's interpretation of the Guidelines is reviewed de novo and its findings of fact for clear error. United States v. Evans, 587 F.3d 667, 672 (5th Cir.2009).
Amendment 784 amended U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(c)(l), which was inapplicable to the calculation of Mincy's guidelines range. U.S, Sentencing Guidelines Manual, supp. to app. C, Amendment 784, at 77 (2015). Insofar as the amendment clarified what constituted relevant conduct for a § 2K2.1(b)(6)(B) enhancement, Mincy's offense level did not run afoul of that clarification. Mincy has not shown that his appeal involves a nonfrivolous issue. See Howard, 707 F.2d at 220. Because the appeal is frivolous, it is dismissed. See 5th Cir. R. 42.2; Baugh, 117 F.3d at 202 & n. 24.
IFP 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.