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Date Created: 2023-03-18 00:00:20.679537+00
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Case: 22-50751        Document: 00516681036             Page: 1      Date Filed: 03/17/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                              United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                       Fifth Circuit
                                      No. 22-50751
                                    Summary Calendar                                 FILED
                                    ____________                                March 17, 2023
                                                                                Lyle W. Cayce
   United States of America,                                                         Clerk

                                                                     Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                            versus

   Jimmy Zavala,

                                              Defendant—Appellant.
                     ______________________________

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Western District of Texas
                              USDC No. 5:04-CR-425-2
                     ______________________________

   Before Higginbotham, Graves, and Ho, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
         Jimmy Zavala, federal inmate # 49053-180, appeals the denial of his
   motion to correct the record relating to the appeal of his fifth 28 U.S.C.
   § 2255 motion attacking his 2005 convictions for various drug, firearms,
   money laundering, and conspiracy offenses.                  Zavala also moves to
   supplement the record on appeal with various documents relating to his

         _____________________
         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   criminal case and to withdraw the memorandum he filed in support of his
   motion to supplement the record.
          “[W]e must consider the basis of our own jurisdiction, sua sponte if
   necessary.” Perez v. Stephens, 784 F.3d 276, 280 (5th Cir. 2015). Our
   appellate jurisdiction extends to “appeals from all final decisions of the
   district courts of the United States,” 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (emphasis added), as
   well as a limited number of appealable interlocutory orders, 28 U.S.C.
   § 1292(a). The denial of Zavala’s motion to correct the record, which related
   to his already-resolved appeal in another case, was not an appealable final
   order because it did not end the litigation of his prior § 2255 motion on the
   merits. See Cunningham v. Hamilton Cnty., Ohio, 527 U.S. 198, 204 (1999).
   Nor did it constitute an appealable interlocutory order. Moreover, because
   we have previously resolved Zavala’s appeal of the denial of his fifth § 2255
   motion, the issues raised in his motion to correct are now moot. See United
   States v. Heredia-Holguin, 823 F.3d 337, 340 (5th Cir. 2016); United States v.
   Zavala, No. 22-50318 (5th Cir. Nov. 18, 2022) (unpublished panel order).
          Accordingly, we DISMISS the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
   Zavala’s motions to supplement the record and to withdraw the
   memorandum in support of his motion to supplement the record are
   DENIED.
          Since 2008, Zavala has unsuccessfully challenged the validity of his
   2005 convictions through repeated, and often repetitive and successive
   § 2255 motions and attendant postjudgment and discovery motions.
   Recently, a panel of this court warned Zavala that filing frivolous, repetitive,
   or otherwise abusive pleadings could result in the imposition of sanctions.
   See Zavala, No. 22-50318. Zavala is again WARNED that filing frivolous,
   repetitive, or otherwise abusive pleadings in this court or any court subject to
   this court’s jurisdiction could result in the imposition of sanctions, including

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   dismissal, monetary sanctions, and restrictions on his ability to file pleadings
   in this court or any court subject to this court’s jurisdiction.

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