Jose Leon Gonzalez-Longoria, Jr., federal prisoner #59761-079, seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) to appeal the denial for lack of jurisdiction of his motion to show cause why the Government had not filed a motion under 18 U.S.C. § 3573 for remission of his $200,000 fine. The district court denied IFP and certified that Gonzalez^-Longoria’s appeal was not taken in good faith. By moving for leave to proceed IFP, Gonzalez-Longoria is challenging the district court’s certification. See Baugh v. Taylor, 117 F.3d 197, 202 (5th Cir. 1997); Fed. R.App. P. 24(a)(5).

On appeal, Gonzalez-Longoria does not addresses the threshold issue of whether the district court had jurisdiction to consider his motion to show cause. Gonzalez-Longoria’s motion to show cause was an unauthorized motion that the district court was without jurisdiction to entertain. See United States v. Early, 27 F.3d 140, 142 (5th Cir. 1994). Gonzalez-Longoria’s appeal is from the denial of that unauthorized motion.

'Gonzalez-Longoria’s appeal does not involve legal points arguable on their merits, and it is therefore frivolous. See Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir. 1983). Accordingly, Gonzalez-Longoria’s IFP motion is DENIED, and the appeal is DISMISSED as frivolous. See Baugh, 117 F.3d at 202; 5th Cm. R. 42.2.