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Case: 09-40508       Document: 00511045930          Page: 1    Date Filed: 03/09/2010

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT  United States Court of Appeals
                                                    Fifth Circuit

                                                 FILED
                                                                            March 9, 2010
                                     No. 09-40508
                                   Summary Calendar                    Charles R. Fulbruge III
                                                                               Clerk

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                   Plaintiff-Appellee,

versus

ROBERT DANIEL DAVIS,

                                                   Defendant-Appellant.

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Eastern District of Texas
                                No. 1:07-CR-63-1

Before DAVIS, SMITH, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*

       Robert Davis, federal prisoner # 97410-079, appeals the denial of his mo-
tion for transcripts, at government expense, of his initial appearance, arraign-

       *
         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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR .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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ment, pretrial hearings, trial, and sentencing. He argues that the transcripts
are necessary to file a 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion.
      To obtain a transcript at government expense, the movant must satisfy
28 U.S.C. § 753(f). See Harvey v. Andrist, 754 F.2d 569, 571 (5th Cir. 1985). Sec-
tion 753(f) “provides for a free transcript for indigent prisoners asserting a claim
under § 2255 if a judge certifies that the asserted claim is not frivolous and that
the transcript is needed to decide the issue.” United States v. MacCollom, 426
U.S. 317, 320-21 (1976) (internal quotation marks omitted). The movant must
“bring to [the court’s] attention any facts that might require a close examination
of the trial transcript.” Harvey, 754 F.2d at 571.
      Davis’s motion for transcripts did not set forth the issues he intended to
raise in his § 2255 motion or explain why the requested transcripts were neces-
sary to decide those issues. His allegations of judicial and prosecutorial miscon-
duct were not presented in the district court and thus will not be considered by
this court. See Leverette v. Louisville Ladder Co., 183 F.3d 339, 342 (5th Cir.
1999). Moreover, Davis’s conclusional allegations are insufficient to establish
that his proposed § 2255 claims are not frivolous and that the transcripts are
necessary to decide the issues. See § 753(f); Harvey, 754 F.2d at 571. Therefore,
he has not shown that the district court erred.
      The instant appeal involves no legal points arguable on their merits and
is therefore is dismissed as frivolous. See Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220
(5th Cir. 1983); 5 TH C IR. R. 42.2. Davis is cautioned that his use of abusive and
insulting language directed at the district court is improper; similar language
and accusations in future filings will result in the imposition of sanctions. See
Theriault v. Silber, 579 F.2d 302, 303 (5th Cir. 1978).
      APPEAL DISMISSED AS FRIVOLOUS; SANCTION WARNING ISSUED.

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