Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number No. 77-1834. Summary Calendar. Attorney(S) Robert J. Littlefield (court appointed), Decatur, Ga., for petitioner-appellant. Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., B. Dean Grindle, Jr., John C. Walden, Asst. Attys. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for respondent-appellee. Judges James Plemon Coleman Acts Judiciary And Judicial Procedure — Habeas Corpus — Particular Proceedings — Appeal See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. EDDIE R. McKIBBEN, PETITIONER-APPELLANT, v. JOE S. HOPPER, WARDEN, GEORGIA STATE PRISON, REIDSVILLE, GEORGIA, RESPONDENT-APPELLEE. PER CURIAM: Since the district court has not ruled on the appellant's motion for a certificate of probable cause, this appeal was improvidently docketed. Lacking such certificate, this Court is without jurisdiction to consider the appeal. Rule 22(b), Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure; 28 U.S.C. § 2253; Welch v. Texas Board of Parole and Pardon, 5 Cir. 1972, 460 F.2d 298; Hines v. Pitcher, 5 Cir. 1971, 440 F.2d 792. This Court may not make the initial determination of whether a certificate of probable cause should be granted. Lee v. Washington Parish, 5 Cir. 1973, 476 F.2d 285; Stewart v. Beto, 5 Cir. 1971, 451 F.2d 185. Therefore, the appeal is dismissed without prejudice and the cause remanded to allow the district court to rule upon appellant's motion for a certificate of probable cause. DISMISSED and REMANDED.