Case Name: Joseph DINGLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jim BOWLES, Dallas County Sheriff; Detention Service Officer Keylon, Officer; Detention Service Officer Bates, Officer; Detention Service Officer Kirpatrick, Officer, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2004-08-18
Citations: 113 F. App'x 6
Docket Number: No. 04-10374
Parties: Joseph DINGLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jim BOWLES, Dallas County Sheriff; Detention Service Officer Keylon, Officer; Detention Service Officer Bates, Officer; Detention Service Officer Kirpatrick, Officer, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, and PICKERING, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 113
Pages: 6–7

Head Matter:
Joseph DINGLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Jim BOWLES, Dallas County Sheriff; Detention Service Officer Keylon, Officer; Detention Service Officer Bates, Officer; Detention Service Officer Kirpatrick, Officer, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 04-10374.
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided Aug. 18, 2004.
Joseph Dingier, Huntsville, TX, pro se.
Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, and PICKERING, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Joseph Dingier, Texas inmate # 1192066, proceeding pro se, seeks leave to proceed in forma pauperis ("IFP") in an appeal of the district court's dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint as moot. Dingler's IFP motion is a challenge to the district court's certification that his appeal is not taken in good faith. Baugh v. Taylor, 117 F.3d 197, 202 (5th Cir.1997).
Although we apply less stringent standards to parties proceeding pro se than to parties represented by counsel and liberally construe the briefs of pro se litigants, pro se parties must still brief the issues and reasonably comply with the requirements of Fed. R.App. P. 28. Grant v. Cuellar, 59 F.3d 523, 524 (5th Cir.1995). When an appellant fails to identify any error in the district court's reasons for dismissing his complaint, it is the same as if the appellant had not appealed that judgment. Brinkmann v. Dallas County Deputy Sheriff Abner, 813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir.1987).
Dingier does not challenge the findings and conclusions adopted by the district court in its certification order. He does not identify any error in the district court's reasons for the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint. Accordingly, he has abandoned the only issue on appeal. Brinkmann, 813 F.2d at 748.
Dingier has not shown that the district court erred in certifying that an appeal would not be taken in good faith. He has not shown that he will present a nonfrivolous issue on appeal. Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir.1983). Accordingly, the motion for leave to proceed IFP is DENIED, and the appeal is DISMISSED as frivolous. Baugh, 117 F.3d at 202 n. 24; 5th Cir. R. 42.2.
The dismissal of the instant appeal as frivolous counts as a strike under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). See Adepegba v. Hammons, 103 F.3d 383, 387 (5th Cir.1996). Dingier previously accumulated two strikes in Dingler v. Bowles, No. 04-10130 (5th Cir. June 22, 2004). Thus, Dingier has accumulated three strikes for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). See Adepegba, 103 F.3d at 386-87. Dingier is therefore BARRED from proceeding IFP in any civil action or appeal filed while he is incarcerated or detained in any facility unless he is under imminent danger of serious physical injury. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).
MOTION FOR LEAVE TO PROCEED IFP DENIED; APPEAL DISMISSED AS FRIVOLOUS; 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g) SANCTION IMPOSED.
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.