# United States Court **of Appeals**  **f or the Fifth Circuit** 

No. 19

- 20512 Summary Calendar

**In the Matter of: Danielle Pauline Pendergraft; Scott Richard Pendergraft,** 

Debtors **,**

**Network of Neighbors, Incorporated,**

Appellee **,**

versus

**Danielle Pauline Pendergraft; Scott Richard Pendergraft,** 

Appellants

**.**

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas USDC No. 4:19

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- 1838 United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit 

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Marc h 15, 2021
Lyle W. Cayce Clerk Case: 19-20512 Document: 00515780109 Page: 1 Date Filed: 03/15/2021No. 19

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2 Before **Haynes, Clement,** and **Elrod,** Circuit Judges

**. Per Curiam**  **:** * Scott Richard Pendergraft and Danielle Pauline Pendergraft , proceeding pro se, have filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) to appeal the district court’s denial of their motion to proceed IFP in the district court. The district court denied the motion to proceed IFP on appeal as well. To be granted leave to proceed IFP on appeal of the district
court’s denial of IFP status in the district court , the Pendergrafts must demonstrate both financial eligibility and the existence of a nonfrivolous appellate issue. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915; Carson v. Polley , 689 F.2d 562, 586 (5th Cir. 1982); see also Haynes v. Scott , 116 F.3d 137, 139

- 40 (5th Cir. 1997) . They may make the latter showing by demonstrating that the “ appeal involves legal points arguable on their merits. ” Howard v. King , 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir. 1983) (internal q uotation marks and citation s omitted) . We review the
district court’s denial of IFP status for abuse of discretion. Zer

- Ilan v. Frankford ( In re CPDC Inc. ) , 221 F.3d 693, 698 (5th Cir. 2000).
Assuming without deciding that the Pendergrafts demonstrated
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inancial eligibility, they have nonetheless failed to present a nonfrivolous issue for appeal in the district court and the district court thus acted within its discretion in denying them IFP status. See 28 U.S.C. § 158(c)(2); § 1915(a), (b); Zer

- Ilan , 22 1 F.3d 698 ; Carson , 689 F.2d at 586 . The Pendergrafts unsuccessfully pursued their original appeal of right of the May 2017 bankruptcy court decision up until the Supreme Court’s denial of certiorari and of rehearing of that denial. Pendergraft v. Networ k of Neighbors,

Inc. , 745 F. App’x 517 (5th Cir. 2018), cert. denied , 139 S. Ct. 1240 (2019); s ee § 158(a); **Fed. R. Bankr. P.** 8003 ; Brouwer v. Ancel & Dunlap ( In re Firstmark Corp

. ) , 46 F.3d 653, 657 (7th Cir. 1995) . Whatever issues they

* Pursuant to **5th Cir cuit**  **R ule**  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 cuit**  **R ule**  47.5.4. Case: 19-20512 Document: 00515780109 Page: 2 Date Filed: 03/15/2021No. 19

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3 failed to raise or abandoned along that appellate path, cannot now be raised

anew. See Rodriguez v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc. ( In re Rodriguez ) , 695 F.3d 360, 365 n.4 (5th Cir. 2012) ; Brouwer , 46 F.3d at 657

. Because the Penderg rafts have shown no nonfrivolous issue for appeal, the motion to proceed IFP on of the denial of IFP status in the district
court is **DENIED ,**  and the appeal is **DISMISSED** as frivolous

. See Baugh v. Taylor , 117 F.3d 197, 202 & n.24 (5th Cir. 1997); 5th Cir. R. 42.2

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