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Case: 15-40942      Document: 00513894778         Page: 1    Date Filed: 03/02/2017

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

                                                                            United States Court of Appeals

                                    No. 15-40942
                                                                                     Fifth Circuit

                                                                                   FILED
                                  Summary Calendar                             March 2, 2017
                                                                              Lyle W. Cayce
ROBINSON MARTINEZ,                                                                 Clerk

                                                 Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

DOUG ATKINSON, Region Director, U.S. Marshal; OMAR LUCIO, Cameron
County Sheriff,

                                                 Respondents-Appellees

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Southern District of Texas
                              USDC No. 1:15-CV-92

Before REAVLEY, OWEN, and ELROD, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
       Robinson Martinez appeals the district court’s dismissal of his 28 U.S.C.
§ 2241 petition. He moves for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) on
appeal, appointment of counsel, and leave to file a supplemental brief.
       By moving to proceed IFP, Martinez is challenging the district court’s
certification that his appeal was not taken in good faith. See Baugh v. Taylor,

       * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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.
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                                 No. 15-40942

117 F.3d 197, 202 (5th Cir. 1997). Our inquiry into an appellant’s good faith
“is limited to whether the appeal involves legal points arguable on their merits
(and therefore not frivolous).” Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir.
1983) (internal quotation marks and citation omitted).
      Martinez has not demonstrated that a nonfrivolous issue for appeal
exists in this case. See id. His request for release from pretrial confinement
was mooted by his conviction and subsequent legal detention. See Fassler v.
United States, 858 F.2d 1016, 1017-18 (5th Cir. 1988).            Furthermore,
Martinez’s § 2241 petition cannot substitute as a petition for review of his
deportation order because it was not filed within 30 days of the final agency
order of removal. See Rosales v. Bureau of Immigration & Customs Enf’t, 426
F.3d 733, 735-36 (5th Cir. 2005); 8 U.S.C. § 1252(b)(1). Finally, even though
Martinez’s § 2241 petition sought a judicial declaration of citizenship under 8
U.S.C. § 1503(a), the district court lacked jurisdiction to consider the request
because Martinez’s status as a national arose in connection with a removal
proceeding and because, when Martinez filed his instant § 2241 petition in May
2015, he had not yet exhausted the administrative proceedings stemming from
his submission of an N-600 application for citizenship. See Rios-Valenzuela v.
Dep’t of Homeland Sec., 506 F.3d 393, 396-97 & n.4 (5th Cir. 2007).
      Accordingly, Martinez’s motion to proceed IFP on appeal is DENIED, see
Howard, 707 F.2d at 220, and his appeal is DISMISSED as frivolous, see
Baugh, 117 F.3d at 202 n.24; 5TH CIR. R. 42.2. We GRANT Martinez’s request
to file a supplement brief and DENY his request for appointment of counsel.

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