IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 97-20129
Conference Calendar
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
FERNANDO ECHEVERRY, a/k/a Fernando Echeverryi,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
USDC No. H-94-CR-160-1
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June 17, 1997
Before SMITH, STEWART, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Federal prisoner Fernando Echeverry’s motion for leave to
proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) and for production of a
transcript at government expense is hereby DENIED. Echeverry has
not indicated any nonfrivolous issues he wishes to raise with the
aid of the transcript he seeks. He may not receive a transcript
at government expense so that he may conduct a “fishing
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Pursuant to Local Rule 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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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 Local Rule
47.5.4.
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expedition” to seek out possible errors at trial. See United
States v. Herrera, 474 F.2d 1049, 1049 (5th Cir. 1973).
Echeverry can raise no nonfrivolous issues on appeal; his appeal
therefore is dismissed.
APPEAL DISMISSED. 5TH CIR. R. 42.2.