Jones v. Casterline

* 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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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.
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 04-30167
Conference Calendar
AUTRY LEE JONES,
Petitioner-Appellant,
versus
C. CASTERLINE,
Respondent-Appellee.
--------------------
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Louisiana
USDC No. 03-CV-1758
--------------------
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, and PICKERING, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Autry Lee Jones, currently federal prisoner # 52873-080,
appeals the district court’s denial of his purported 28 U.S.C.
§ 2241 petition challenging a life sentence he received in Harris
County, Texas, following his October 1981 Texas state-court
conviction for possession of a controlled substance.
Jones’s petition was an unauthorized filing over which the
district court did not have jurisdiction. See Jeffers v.
Chandler, 253 F.3d 827, 830 (5th Cir. 2001); United States v.
United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
F I L E D
August 18, 2004
Charles R. Fulbruge III
Clerk

-- 1 of 2 --

No. 04-30167
-2-
Early, 27 F.3d 140, 141-42 (5th Cir. 1994). Jones’s appeal is
without arguable merit and is DISMISSED as FRIVOLOUS. See Howard
v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 219-20 (5th Cir. 1983); 5TH CIR. R. 42.2.

-- 2 of 2 --