U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Benamon v. Cox
August 24, 2026
Summary
The court denied Benamon leave to proceed in forma pauperis and dismissed his appeal as frivolous because he failed to identify a nonfrivolous appellate issue. It concluded that the district court properly presumed to have conducted de novo review and correctly treated Benamon's challenge to his conviction and sentence as one subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the sentencing court, absent a showing under the § 2255 savings clause. The opinion contains no separate writings.