Justice Alexandre de Moraes was quoted as saying by the 24 Horas news website that there was no justification for Lula’s defense claims.
The ex-president was sentenced to nine and a half years in prison last summer for allegedly accepting a luxury apartment from a construction firm in return for political favors, an accusation he denies.
An appeals court upheld the ruling in January and increased Lula da Silva's jail term to 12 years and a month. He went to prison three months later in the city of Curitiba.