Case Name: Lou TYLER, Plaintiff-Appellant v. CITI RESIDENTIAL LENDING, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2012-08-13
Citations: 485 F. App'x 700
Docket Number: No. 11-10974
Parties: Lou TYLER, Plaintiff-Appellant v. CITI RESIDENTIAL LENDING, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before JOLLY, DAVIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 485
Pages: 700–701

Head Matter:
Lou TYLER, Plaintiff-Appellant v. CITI RESIDENTIAL LENDING, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 11-10974
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Aug. 13, 2012.
Lou Tyler, Cedar Hill, TX, pro se.
Thomas M. Hanson, Dykema Gossett, P.L.L.C, Dallas, TX, for Defendant-Appel-lee.
Before JOLLY, DAVIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Lou Tyler moves this court for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) in her appeal of the district court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the defendant, Citi Residential Lending, Inc. (Citi). She also moves this court for appointment of counsel and summary judgment. By moving for IFP status here, Tyler is challenging the district court's certification that her appeal is not taken in good faith. See Baugh v. Taylor, 117 F.3d 197, 202 (5th Cir.1997); Fed. R.App. P. 24(a). Tyler's brief on appeal contends that Citi should have reduced her payoff amount and that Citi harassed her, threatened foreclosure, and placed her in foreclosure. She does not address, however, the district court's certification that her appeal was not taken in good faith, nor does she address any of the district court's reasons for its certification decision. See Baugh, 117 F.3d at 202. Accordingly, her challenge to the district court's certification decision is deemed abandoned. See Brinkmann v. Dallas County Deputy Sheriff Abner, 813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir.1987). Additionally, Tyler has not shown that her appeal involves "legal points arguable on their merits (and therefore not frivolous)." Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir.1983).
Tyler's motion for leave to proceed IFP on appeal is DENIED; her motion for appointment of counsel is DENIED; her motion for summary judgment is DENIED; and her appeal is DISMISSED as frivolous. See Baugh, 117 F.3d at 202 & n. 24; 5th Cir. R. 42.2.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.