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Case: 22-30358        Document: 00516606355             Page: 1       Date Filed: 01/11/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit
                                     ____________                             United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                       Fifth Circuit

                                      No. 22-30358
                                                                                     FILED
                                                                              January 11, 2023
                                    Summary Calendar
                                    ____________                                Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                     Clerk
   Arthur Ray Robinson,

                                                                  Petitioner—Appellant,

                                            versus

   Jerry Goodwin, Warden, David Wade Correctional Center,

                                               Respondent—Appellee.
                     ______________________________

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Western District of Louisiana
                               USDC No. 5:22-CV-941
                     ______________________________

   Before Stewart, Willett, and Douglas, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
         Arthur       Ray     Robinson,     Louisiana      prisoner     #425796,        seeks
   appointment of counsel in this appeal of a denial of his motion to appoint
   counsel in a habeas proceeding. Because we lack jurisdiction, we dismiss the
   appeal.

         _____________________
         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-30358      Document: 00516606355           Page: 2    Date Filed: 01/11/2023

                                     No. 22-30358

           We must examine our jurisdiction sua sponte. See Mosley v. Cozby, 813
   F.2d 659, 660 (5th Cir. 1987). There has been no final judgment. The order
   denying appointment of counsel is not specified in 28 U.S.C. § 1292(a) and
   has not been certified for appeal. Therefore, we may consider it only if it falls
   within that “small class of orders” deemed final under the collateral order
   doctrine. See Dardar v. Lafourche Realty Co., 849 F.2d 955, 957-58 (5th Cir.
   1988). It does not. See Thomas v. Scott, 47 F.3d 713, 715 (5th Cir. 1995). Thus,
   we lack jurisdiction over the appeal. Accordingly, the appeal is
   DISMISSED, and the motion for appointment of counsel is DENIED as
   moot.

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