United States v. David Kates

562 F. App'x 207

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Decided: April 10, 2014
• Docket: 13-11082
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

PER CURIAM: *

David Kates, federal prisoner # 30428-077, was convicted by a jury of possessing ■with the intent to distribute cocaine base and was sentenced to 360 months of imprisonment. See United States v. Kates, 174 F.3d 580, 581-84 (5th Cir.1999). On February 8, 2012, in No. 2:12-CV-0018, the district court entered the following order:

DAVID EARL KATES is BARRED FROM FILING FURTHER ACTIONS, MOTIONS, OR PLEADINGS OF ANY KIND ON THE DISTRICT COURT LEVEL WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING WRITTEN JUDICIAL PERMISSION. Any future pleadings in violation of this BAR will be stricken and will receive no ruling from the Court.

On September 10, 2013, Kates filed a “First Amendment Petition” seeking to overturn his conviction and sentence because the facts supporting his career-offender sentencing enhancement were not presented to the jury. On September 24, 2013, the district court, in accordance with the standing sanction, ordered that this pleading “is STRICKEN and will receive no ruling from the Court.” Kates has not shown that this was an abuse of discretion. See Balawajder v. Scott, 160 F.3d 1066, 1067-68 (5th Cir.1998); see also Gelabert v. Lynaugh, 894 F.2d 746, 747-48 (5th Cir.1990).

AFFIRMED.

* Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.