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Case: 11-30229       Document: 00511637263         Page: 1     Date Filed: 10/19/2011

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT  United States Court of Appeals
                                                    Fifth Circuit

                                                                            FILED
                                                                         October 19, 2011
                                     No. 11-30229
                                   Summary Calendar                        Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                Clerk

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                  Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

JOHN E. MILTON, III, Also Known as Boo Milton,

                                                  Defendant-Appellant.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                       for the Middle District of Louisiana
                                No. 3:96-CR-17-1
                                No. 3:09-CV-987

Before DAVIS, SMITH, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*

       John E. Milton, III, federal prisoner # 24395-034, was convicted of con-

       *
         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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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.
   Case: 11-30229    Document: 00511637263      Page: 2   Date Filed: 10/19/2011

                                  No. 11-30229

spiring to possess crack and powder cocaine with intent to distribute. He chal-
lenges the denial of a motion that he labeled as arising under Federal Rule of
Criminal Procedure 36. His request for a certificate of appealability is DENIED
as unnecessary, because he is not challenging “the final order in a proceeding
under” 28 U.S.C. § 2255. See 28 U.S.C. § 2253(c)(1)(B).
      In his filing with this court, Milton contends that relief under Rule 36 is
proper because his arguments concerning the district court’s alleged failure to
comply with certain portions of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32 relate to
ministerial matters. We disagree and discern no error in the district court’s
holding that Milton’s motion, which raised a claim that did not pertain to a cleri-
cal matter and that could have been presented earlier, was an unauthorized suc-
cessive § 2255 motion. See United States v. Orozco-Ramirez, 211 F.3d 862, 867
(5th Cir. 2000); United States v. Key, 205 F.3d 773, 774 (5th Cir. 2000); 28 U.S.C.
§ 2255(h).
      The judgment is AFFIRMED, and Milton’s motion to proceed in forma
pauperis is DENIED.

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