Nelson Garcia v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections, et al, No. 16-16339 (11th Cir. 2017)

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[DO NOT PUBLISH] IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT ________________________ No. 16-16339 Non-Argument Calendar ________________________ D.C. Docket No. 1:16-cv-21757-JAL NELSON GARCIA, Petitioner-Appellant, versus SECRETARY, FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, FLORIDA ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondents-Appellees. ________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida ________________________ (November 3, 2017) Before MARCUS, WILSON, and ROSENBAUM, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: Nelson Garcia, a state prisoner proceeding pro se, appeals the dismissal of his successive 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for lack of subject-matter jurisdiction. On appeal, he argues that the trial court erred at sentencing by not orally pronouncing him guilty of attempted first-degree murder, and, furthermore, that the state failed to prove, at trial, that he acted with intent to commit an offense of burglary within a dwelling. A state prisoner who wishes to file a second or successive habeas corpus petition must petition us for an order authorizing the district court to consider such a petition. See 28 U.S.C. § 2244(b)(3)(A). Absent such an order, the district court is obligated to dismiss a successive petition, as the district court lacks subjectmatter jurisdiction to entertain the motion. Hubbard v. Campbell, 379 F.3d 1245, 1247 (11th Cir. 2004) (per curiam). Both Garcia’s initial § 2254 petition and his current § 2254 petition challenged his June 2000 conviction for first-degree murder, burglary, and attempted first-degree murder. Because he failed to obtain authorization from us to pursue his claims, the district court did not err by dismissing them. Accordingly, we affirm. AFFIRMED. 2

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