Michael Joseph Derrow, federal inmate # 03199-286, was convicted of conspiracy *275 to possess and possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine. Derrow seeks a certificate of appealability (COA) to appeal the district court’s order that transferred his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion to this court as an unauthorized successive § 2255 motion.

We must examine the basis of our jurisdiction on our own motion if necessary. Mosley v. Cozby, 813 F.2d 659, 660 (5th Cir. 1987). An order transferring a successive § 2255 motion to the court of appeals is a nonappealable interlocutory order. Brinar v. Williamson, 245 F.3d 515, 516-18 (5th Cir. 2001). This court is without jurisdiction to consider Derrow’s case. See id. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. Derrow’s motions for a COA and for leave to proceed in forma pauperis are denied.

APPEAL DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION; MOTIONS DENIED.