Court Opinion

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                       FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

                             No. 01-10789
                         Conference Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                          Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus,

JOHNNY LEE REED,

                                          Defendant-Appellant.

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          Appeal from the United States District Court
               for the Northern District of Texas
                     USDC No. 7:97-CR-18-1-R
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                         February 20, 2002

Before JOLLY, JONES, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

     Johnny Lee Reed appeals the district court’s denial of his

motion to dismiss the indictment against him pursuant to Fed.

R. Crim. P. 12(b)(2).    He argues that the indictment was

unconstitutional because it failed to charge him with possessing

a quantity of cocaine.

     Under Rule 12(b)(2) motions to dismiss an indictment must be

made before trial or they are waived.     United States v. Cathey,

591 F.2d 268, 271, n.1 (5th Cir. 1979).    Reed’s Rule 12(b)(2)

motion to dismiss the indictment was filed after his conviction

     *
      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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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.
                             No. 01-10789
                                  -2-

was affirmed on appeal.    Because the criminal proceedings were no

longer pending, Reed’s motion pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 12(b)

to dismiss the indictment was unauthorized and without a

jurisdictional basis.     See United States v. Early, 27 F.3d 140,

142 (5th Cir. 1994).    The district court’s denial of Reed’s

motion to dismiss the indictment is AFFIRMED.