Case: 17-20006 Document: 00514247271 Page: 1 Date Filed: 11/22/2017
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
No. 17-20006 FILED
November 22, 2017
Lyle W. Cayce
AUTRY LEE JONES, Clerk
Petitioner-Appellant
v.
LORIE DAVIS, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL
JUSTICE, CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS DIVISION,
Respondent-Appellee
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
USDC No. 4:16-CV-913
Before PRADO, ELROD, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
Autry Lee Jones, former Texas prisoner # 325804 and former federal
prisoner # 52873-080, moves for a certificate of appealability (COA) to appeal
the dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 application challenging his 1981 Texas
habitual offender sentence for possession of a controlled substance. He argues
that the district court erred by dismissing as time barred his claim that he is
“actually innocent” of the habitual offender enhancement.
* 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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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We must examine the basis of our jurisdiction sua sponte if necessary.
Mosley v. Cozby, 813 F.2d 659, 660 (5th Cir. 1987). Because Jones has
previously filed at least one unsuccessful § 2254 challenge to the instant
conviction and sentence, the district court should have dismissed the instant
§ 2254 application as an unauthorized successive, and this court lacks
jurisdiction over the instant appeal. United States v. Key, 205 F.3d 773, 774-
75 (5th Cir. 2000); 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A). Accordingly, we DISMISS this
appeal for lack of jurisdiction and DENY AS MOOT Jones’s motion for a COA.
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