Case Name: Shirley L. ALDRIDGE, Petitioner-Appellant v. Joe KEFFER, Warden, FMC-Carswell, Respondent-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2011-04-08
Citations: 421 F. App'x 425
Docket Number: No. 10-10725
Parties: Shirley L. ALDRIDGE, Petitioner-Appellant v. Joe KEFFER, Warden, FMC-Carswell, Respondent-Appellee.
Judges: Before REAVLEY, DENNIS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 421
Pages: 425–426

Head Matter:
Shirley L. ALDRIDGE, Petitioner-Appellant v. Joe KEFFER, Warden, FMC-Carswell, Respondent-Appellee.
No. 10-10725
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
April 8, 2011.
Shirley L. Aldridge, Fort Worth, TX, pro se.
Before REAVLEY, DENNIS, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Shirley L. Aldridge, federal prisoner # 17829-045, filed a 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition challenging her incarceration resulting from her conviction for five counts of aiding and abetting the filing of false income tax returns. The district court dismissed Aldridge's § 2241 petition, and this court dismissed Aldridge's appeal from the dismissal of her § 2241 petition for lack of jurisdiction because Aldridge did not file a timely notice of appeal. Aldridge v. Kef-fer, No. 10-10725, slip op. at 1-2 (5th Cir. Oct. 6, 2010) (unpublished).
After dismissing Aldridge's § 2241 petition, the district court denied Aldridge a certificate of appealability (COA). Al-dridge now appeals the district court's order denying her a COA.
Aldridge argues that the district court erred by dismissing her § 2241 petition and denying her post-judgment motions. She does not, however, raise any challenges to the district court's order denying her a COA. As this court has already dismissed Aldridge's appeal from the dismissal of her § 2241 motion, the only matter presently before us is her appeal from the district court's order denying her a COA. By failing to raise any challenge to the district court's order denying her a COA, Aldridge has waived the only issue before this court. See Hughes v. Johnson, 191 F.3d 607, 613 (5th Cir.1999). Furthermore, as a COA is not required to appeal the denial of a § 2241 petition and Al-dridge's appeal from the dismissal of her § 2241 petition has already been dismissed, any possible error in the district court's COA order would be harmless. See Ojo v. INS, 106 F.3d 680, 681 (5th Cir.1997).
Aldridge's appeal is without arguable merit. Accordingly, it is dismissed as frivolous. See 5th Cir. R. 42.2; Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir.1983).
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.