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Nature of Suit Code: 290
Nature of Suit: Other Real Property Actions
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-10326

Summary Calendar

ROSE ANN JUAREZ, 

 Plaintiff - Appellant

v.

HIGHLAND HOMES, LIMITED; REUNION TITLE; BANK OF AMERICA 

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, formerly known as CWB Mortgage Ventures, 

L.L.C., doing business as Highland Loansource; MERS; PROVENCE AT 

FIREWHEEL HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INCORPORATED, et al; 

SFTF HOLDINGS, L.L.C., et al, 

 Defendants - Appellees

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Texas

USDC No. 3:14-CV-2173 

Before JOLLY, DENNIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Proceeding pro se, Rose Ann Juarez appeals the district court’s dismissal 

of her action seeking, inter alia, to enjoin the foreclosure of her property after

she defaulted on her mortgage payments. The district court dismissed all of 

 

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not 

be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH 

CIR. R. 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

January 25, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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Juarez’s claims pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) upon concluding that they 

were barred by res judicata in light of her previous lawsuit that involved 

substantially the same parties and the same transaction. In addition, the 

district court concluded that Juarez’s complaint had failed to allege sufficient 

facts stating a plausible claim against Reunion given that Reunion “was not a 

party to the mortgage, did not receive title to the Property, was not a payee, or 

the seller or lender of the Property, or a beneficiary to the deed of trust.” 

In her brief on appeal, Juarez identifies no error in the district court’s 

reasoning that her claims were barred by res judicata or that her complaint 

failed to state a claim against Reunion. Although we must liberally construe 

the briefs of pro se litigants, “pro se parties must still brief the issues and 

reasonably comply with the standards of Rule 28.” Grant v. Cuellar, 59 F.3d 

523, 524 (5th Cir. 1995). Given her failure to adequately identify any error in 

the district court’s decision, Juarez’s brief does not comply with the Federal 

Rules of Appellate Procedure. See Toala v. Marriott White Lodging Corporate, 

456 F. App’x 476, 477 (5th Cir. 2012). Therefore, we DISMISS the appeal for 

want of prosecution. See id. 

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