Filed: Apr. 17, 2007
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Summary: United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit F I L E D IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT April 17, 2007 Charles R. Fulbruge III Clerk No. 05-10914 Conference Calendar STATE OF TEXAS, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus JOHN THOMAS TELLO, Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant, versus NATHANIEL QUARTERMAN, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS DIVISION, Third Party Defendant-Appellee. - Appeal from the United States District Court for the No
Summary: United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit F I L E D IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT April 17, 2007 Charles R. Fulbruge III Clerk No. 05-10914 Conference Calendar STATE OF TEXAS, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus JOHN THOMAS TELLO, Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant, versus NATHANIEL QUARTERMAN, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS DIVISION, Third Party Defendant-Appellee. - Appeal from the United States District Court for the Nor..
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United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
F I L E D
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT April 17, 2007
Charles R. Fulbruge III
Clerk
No. 05-10914
Conference Calendar
STATE OF TEXAS,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
JOHN THOMAS TELLO,
Defendant-Third Party Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
NATHANIEL QUARTERMAN, DIRECTOR, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL
JUSTICE, CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS DIVISION,
Third Party Defendant-Appellee.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Texas
USDC No. 3:05-CV-1049
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Before HIGGINBOTHAM, BENAVIDES, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
John Thomas Tello pleaded guilty in Texas court to two
counts of indecency with a child by exposure and one count of
possession of child pornography. Adjudication of guilt was
deferred, and Tello was sentenced to concurrent five-year terms
of deferred-adjudication probation. When the State moved to
*
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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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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revoke probation and for adjudication of guilt, Tello
unsuccessfully attempted to remove the case to the federal
district court and to seek habeas corpus relief. See Texas v.
Tello, 142 F. App’x 200, 201 (5th Cir. 2005).
The State has now moved to revoke Tello’s appeal bond.
Tello has again attempted to remove the bond revocation
proceeding to federal court and to obtain habeas relief. The
district court remanded sua sponte. We dismiss the appeal for
lack of jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1447(d).
The district court correctly noted the lack of federal
subject matter jurisdiction. Because it is abundantly clear that
federal removal jurisdiction never existed, this court lacks
jurisdiction to entertain Tello’s appeal. See Bogle v. Phillips
Petroleum Co.,
24 F.3d 758, 761-62 (5th Cir. 1994).
Removal jurisdiction was precluded because no federal court
would have had original jurisdiction over the state bond
revocation proceeding. See PCI Transp., Inc. v. Fort Worth
& Western R. Co.,
418 F.3d 535, 543 (5th Cir. 2005). In
addition, Tello’s bond proceeding is not a civil action for
removal purposes but remains incidental to and inseparable from
his state criminal case. See 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1441(b); Jeter
v. State,
26 S.W. 49, 49-50 (Tex. 1894). Further, Tello’s
putative federal questions are raised in defense and, thus, would
not provide a basis for removal jurisdiction in any event. See
PCI
Transp., 418 F.3d at 543. Finally, Tello’s putative federal
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questions are not federal at all but rest entirely on his
proposition that the state court misapplied Texas law.
The appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction, and all
outstanding motions by Tello are denied.
Tello has twice resorted to frivolous removal proceedings in
an effort to forestall his state criminal proceedings, and his
federal pleadings are intemperate, disrespectful, and profane.
Tello is hereby warned that any further filing of frivolous,
profane, or otherwise intemperate documents in federal court will
result in the imposition of sanctions, including monetary
sanctions and limitations on Tello’s access to federal court.
APPEAL DISMISSED; ALL MOTIONS DENIED; SANCTION WARNING
ISSUED.