Case 5:17-cr-00882-DAE Document 176 Filed 11/27/18 Page 1 of 2

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
SAN ANTONIO DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
v.
LUIS VALENCIA

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5:17-cr-00882-DAE

NOTICE OF INTERLOCUTORY APPEAL
TO THE HONORABLE DAVID A. EZRA, SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS, SAN ANTONIO DIVISION:
NOW COMES LUIS VALENCIA, Defendant, in the above entitled and numbered cause,
and respectfully gives notice that he is appealing to the United States Court of Appeals for the
Fifth Circuit, this Court’s ORDER DENYING MOTION TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF
AUTHORITY TO PROSECUTE (DKT. # 164) AND HOLDING THAT THE ACTING
ATTORNEY GENERAL WAS PROPERLY APPOINTED, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1291, Federal
Rules of Appellate Procedure, Rule 4(b), and the Collateral-Order Doctrine of Cohen v. Beneficial
Indus. Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541 (1949). This final order was handed down on November 27,
2018.
Respectfully submitted,
FLANARY LAW FIRM, PLLC
Donald H. Flanary, III.
State Bar No. 24045877
Amanda I. Hernandez
State Bar No. 24087027
1005 S. Alamo St.
San Antonio, Texas 78210
Tel: (210) 738-8383
Fax: (210) 738-9426

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BY: /s/ Donald H. Flanary, III.
Donald H. Flanary III
ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT,
Luis Valencia.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that an original copy of the above Notice has been delivered via
CM/ECF to Bud Paulissen, Assistant United States Attorney, on November 27, 2018.

/s/ Donald H. Flanary, III.
Donald H. Flanary, III.