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Case: 22-60511         Document: 00516704569             Page: 1      Date Filed: 04/07/2023

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

                                      ____________                               FILED
                                                                              April 7, 2023
                                       No. 22-60511                         Lyle W. Cayce
                                     Summary Calendar                            Clerk
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   United States of America,

                                                                       Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                             versus

   Craytonia Latroy Badger,

                                               Defendant—Appellant.
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                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Northern District of Mississippi
                                USDC No. 1:16-CR-14-1
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   Before Clement, Southwick, and Higginson, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
          Craytonia Latroy Badger, federal prisoner # 17926-042, pleaded guilty
   to one count of possession of counterfeit or unauthorized access devices, and
   he was sentenced to 63 months of imprisonment, three years of supervised
   release, and restitution. After denying Badger’s motion under Federal Rule
   of Civil Procedure 60(b) and second motion under 28 U.S.C. § 1651, the All

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          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   Writs Act, the district court denied his motion for leave to proceed in forma
   pauperis (IFP) on appeal.
          By moving to proceed IFP in this court, Badger challenges 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, 220 (5th Cir. 1983) (internal
   quotation marks and citation omitted).
          Badger’s Rule 60(b) motion essentially challenged the amount of
   restitution he was ordered to pay. A challenge to a restitution order is a
   nonconstitutional issue that should be raised on direct appeal. United States
   v. Hatten, 167 F.3d 884, 887 & n.5 (5th Cir. 1999). Badger’s second All Writs
   Action motion challenged the consecutive nature of his federal and state
   sentences. The proper vehicle for Badger to obtain consideration of this
   claim is a 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition. See Davis v. Fechtel, 150 F.3d 486, 490
   (5th Cir. 1990). Because Badger’s motion was not filed in the district of his
   incarceration, the district court could not have considered his motion under
   § 2241. See United States v. Brown, 753 F.2d 455, 456 (5th Cir. 1985); see also
   Reyes-Requena v. United States, 243 F.3d 893, 895 n.3 (5th Cir. 2001). Thus,
   the motions at issue were unauthorized and without a jurisdictional basis,
   and, as such, “he has appealed from the denial of . . . meaningless,
   unauthorized motion[s].” United States v. Early, 27 F.3d 140, 142 (5th Cir.
   1994). Badger has therefore failed to identify a nonfrivolous issue for appeal.
   See Howard, 707 F.2d at 220.
          Badger’s motion for leave to proceed IFP is DENIED. The appeal
   is DISMISSED as frivolous. See 5th Cir. R. 42.2.

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