Federal prosecutors filed a motion Tuesday at the United States District Court in Ocala, Florida opposing Wesley Snipes’ request for bail, Breaking Celebrity News has learned.

EXCLUSIVE COURT DOCUMENTS: Read The US Response In Opposition To Snipes’ Motion For Bail Pending Appeal

In court documents obtained by Breaking Celebrity News, US Attorney Robert E. O’Neill states that “Snipes bail motion is premature because this Court may not grant bail until after Snipes files his certiorari petition. This Court should deny Snipes’s motion on that basis alone. Regardless, Snipes has not overcome the presumption that he should be incarcerated by establishing that his certiorari petition will raise a substantial question of law or fact likely to result in reversal.”

The motion filed Tuesday is in response to a motion filed by the actor’s lawyers on November 23, asking U.S. District Judge William Terrell Hodges to allow Snipes to remain free on bail while he pursues a second appeal of his three convictions of willful failure to file income tax returns and his three-year