OPINION & ORDER

[Resolving Docs. 180, 183]

JAMES S. GWIN, District Judge.

Petitioner Donte Booker moves to reduce his sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c).1 He also moves to supplement his motion to reduce and for the appointment of counsel.2 The government opposes each of these motions.3

Booker's current motions represent at least the third time he has attempted to argue that he was incorrectly designated a career offender under the Sentencing Guidelines.4 He has also been arguing that the Court failed to apply the Guideline Amendment 782 reduction to his sentence since at least 2014.5 Both this Court and the Sixth Circuit have previously denied these arguments.6

Booker currently has a Sixth Circuit appeal pending in this case, appealing the Court's order striking his previous motion dealing with these same issues.7 The Court therefore lacks jurisdiction to consider Booker's currently pending motions. To the extent he raises new arguments in those motions, he should raise them before the Sixth Circuit.

The Court DENIES Booker's motions for lack of jurisdiction.

The Court previously expressed no opinion on whether a certificate of appealability should be granted regarding Booker's struck motion. The Court will now GRANT a certificate of appealability on the issues of whether Booker was correctly designated a career offender and whether the Court properly struck Booker's previous motion to reopen.8 The Court DENIES a certificate of appealability on any other issues Booker has attempted to raise because an appeal of those issues could not be taken in good faith.

Finally, the Court DENIES Booker's motion for the appointment of counsel in this case.9 If Booker wishes to seek counsel on appeal, he must make that request to the Sixth Circuit.

IT IS SO ORDERED