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Case: 23-60222         Document: 00516972810             Page: 1      Date Filed: 11/17/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
                                      ____________                              United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                         Fifth Circuit

                                       No. 23-60222
                                                                                       FILED
                                                                               November 17, 2023
                                     Summary Calendar
                                     ____________                                 Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                       Clerk
   Akecheta A. Morningstar, PH.D.,

                                                                     Plaintiff—Appellant,

                                             versus

   American International Group,

                                                Defendant—Appellee.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Northern District of Mississippi
                                USDC No. 3:23-CV-26
                      ______________________________

   Before Clement, Engelhardt, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Akecheta A. Morningstar, Ph.D., seeks leave to proceed in forma
   pauperis (IFP) on appeal. He argues that he is financially eligible and that the
   district court erred in dismissing his complaint for failure to state a
   nonfrivolous claim and in denying his motion for leave to proceed IFP on
   appeal. Because Morningstar has not demonstrated that he will raise a

          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   nonfrivolous issue on appeal, his motion to proceed IFP is DENIED. See
   Fed. R. App. P. 24(a); Baugh v. Taylor, 117 F.3d 197, 202 (5th Cir. 1997).
   Because the appeal is frivolous, it is DISMISSED. See Baugh, 117 F.3d at
   202 n.24; 5th Cir. R. 42.2. Morningstar’s motions to vacate the district
   court’s order dismissing his complaint and to recuse certain judges of this
   court are DENIED.

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