Samuel Philip Adams, now federal prisoner # 31576-380, was convicted of possession of child pornography. He filed a motion in the district court styled, “Pro-Se Motion to Reverse ‘Void’ Federal Judgment/Conviction to Correct a ‘Manifest Injustice’ and Plain Error, Pursuant to Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 52(b).” The district court denied the motion as meaningless and unauthorized and because it lacked jurisdiction. It decerti-fied Adams’s in forma pauperis (IFP) status. Adams has applied in this court for leave to proceed IFP.

*223 Adams asserts that the federal court had jurisdiction to reach his constitutional claims because he has a First Amendment right to petition the court for relief. Adams has not shown that his appeal involves legal points arguable on their merits. See Baugh v. Taylor, 117 F.3d 197, 202 (5th Cir. 1997); Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir. 1983). We deny the motion for leave to proceed IFP on appeal and dismiss the appeal as frivolous. See Baugh, 117 F.3d at 202 n.24; 5th Cir. R. 42.2.

MOTION FOR LEAVE TO PROCEED IFP DENIED; APPEAL DISMISSED.