Case Name: Armetta R. WALLACE-JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JOHNSON COUNTY MISSOURI SHERIFF DEPARTMENT; City and County of Muskogee, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2015-08-28
Citations: 614 F. App'x 785
Docket Number: No. 14-11183
Parties: Armetta R. WALLACE-JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JOHNSON COUNTY MISSOURI SHERIFF DEPARTMENT; City and County of Muskogee, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 614
Pages: 785–785

Head Matter:
Armetta R. WALLACE-JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JOHNSON COUNTY MISSOURI SHERIFF DEPARTMENT; City and County of Muskogee, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 14-11183.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Aug. 28, 2015.
Armetta R. Wallace-Johnson, Fort Worth, TX, pro se.
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, SMITH, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Armetta Wallace-Johnson seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis ("IFP") on appeal to challenge the denial of her request to proceed IFP in the district court. She also moves for the appointment of appellate counsel.
To proceed IFP on appeal, the movant must demonstrate financial eligibility and the existence of a nonfrivolous appellate issue, Carson v. Polley, 689 F.2d 562, 586 (5th Cir.1982), but does not need to be absolutely destitute, Adkins v. E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., 335 U.S. 331, 339, 69 S.Ct. 85, 93 L.Ed. 43 (1948). Rather, the proper inquiry is whether he can afford the costs of litigation without undue hardship or deprivation of life's necessities. Id. In addition, he must demonstrate that the appeal "involves legal points arguable on their merits (and therefore not frivolous)." Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir.1983) (internal quotation marks and citations omitted).
Although Wallace-Johnson .established that she would be unable to incur the costs of this appeal without undue hardship or deprivation of life's necessities, she failed to demonstrate a nonfrivolous issue on appeal. See Howard, 707 F.2d at 220. Accordingly, the request to proceed IFP on appeal is DENIED, and the appeal is DISMISSED as frivolous. See 5th Cir. R. 42.2. The motion for appointment of appellate counsel is also DENIED.
Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.