Patrick Kimble v. William Stephens, Director

623 F. App'x 213

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Decided: November 18, 2015
• Docket: 14-10571
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

PER CURIAM: *

Patrick Bouvia Kimble, Texas prisoner # 712624, brought this case under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 to challenge his Texas murder conviction. The district court concluded that the application was a successive one and transferred it to this court so that Kimble might seek authorization to proceed. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A); In re Epps, 127 F.3d 364, 364-65 (5th Cir.1997). The district court denied a certifícate of appealability (COA). Kimble filed a timely notice of appeal and moved for a COA from this court. In a separate proceeding, a panel of this court concluded that Kim-ble’s proposed § 2254 application was indeed successive and denied Kimble authorization to file it. In re Kimble, 14-10526. 1

Implicitly agreeing that his proposed § 2254 application is a successive one, Kimble has abandoned any challenge to the district court’s transfer order. See Brinkmann v. Dallas County Deputy Sheriff Abner, 813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir. 1987). We conclude that the district court “did not err by transferring the [application] for lack of jurisdiction.” Fulton, 780 F.3d at 686. We therefore DENY Kim-ble’s motion for a COA as unnecessary and AFFIRM the district court’s transfer order. ^

* Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.

1 . The authorization case proceeded separately from the present case because it was decided before our direction that, to the extent practicable, appeals from transfer orders should be consolidated with proceedings by the same applicant seeking authorization for filing a successive habeas petition. United States v. Fulton, 780 F.3d-683, 688 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 2015 WL 5772739, 2015 U.S. LEXIS 6835 (U.S. Nov. 2, 2015X15-6348)