UNITED STATES v. WILLIAMS II (2018)

James Lee Williams, II, federal prisoner # 97021-079, appeals the denial of his motion for extraordinary relief challenging the legality of the restitution order imposed in connection with his 2013 conviction for wire fraud. In his brief, he renews his challenge to the legality of the restitution order. Williams does not challenge the finding by the district court that there was no legal basis for a postconviction motion challenging the restitution order.

The district court lacked jurisdiction to consider Williams’s motion. See United States v. Miller, 599 F.3d 484, 487 (5th Cir. 2010); United States v. Hatten, 167 F.3d 884, 887 & n.6 (5th Cir. 1999). Williams’s motion is “an unauthorized motion which the district court was without jurisdiction to entertain. Thus, he has appealed from the denial of a meaningless, unauthorized motion.” United States v. Early, 27 F.3d 140, 142 (5th Cir. 1994).

The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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PER CURIAM: * FN* Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.