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Case: 16-20282      Document: 00514132641         Page: 1    Date Filed: 08/25/2017

           IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                    FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
                                                                              United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                       Fif h Circuit
                                    No. 16-20282                                     FILED
                                  Summary Calendar                             August 25, 2017
                                                                                Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                     Clerk
KAREN KRISTINE SILVIO,

                                                 Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, L.L.C.; DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
COMPANY,

                                                 Defendants-Appellees

                   Appeal from the United States District Court
                        for the Southern District of Texas
                             USDC No. 4:14-CV-3065

Before DAVIS, CLEMENT, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
       Karen Kristine Silvio moves for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP)
to appeal the denial of her motion to reinstate her claims that the defendants
lacked the authority to foreclose on her property, to hold a foreclosure sale, and
to seek her eviction. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of
the defendants. By moving to proceed IFP, Silvio challenges the district court’s

       * 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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.
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certification decision that her appeal is not taken in good faith. See Baugh v.
Taylor, 117 F.3d 197, 202 (5th Cir. 1997). An appeal is taken in good faith if it
raises legal points that are arguable on their merits and therefore not frivolous.
Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir. 1983).
      The motion to reinstate, which Silvio filed more than eight months after
the district court entered judgment, was a motion for relief under Federal Rule
of Civil Procedure 60(b). See FED. R. CIV. P. 60(b); Harcon Barge Co. v. D & G
Boat Rentals, Inc., 784 F.2d 665, 668-69 (5th Cir. 1986) (en banc). Her appeal,
which was timely only as to the denial of her motion to reinstate, does not allow
us to review the judgment or her other postconviction motions. See Bowles v.
Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 213-14 (2007); Bailey v. Cain, 609 F.3d 763, 767 (5th Cir.
2010); Williams v. Chater, 87 F.3d 702, 704-06 (5th Cir. 1996). We review the
denial of a Rule 60(b) motion for an abuse of discretion. See Seven Elves, Inc.
v. Eskenazi, 635 F.2d 396, 402 (5th Cir. 1981).
      Silvio has not explained how her motion to reinstate implicated any of
the enumerated Rule 60(b) grounds. She does not reference Rule 60(b), explain
how her motion warranted relief under Rule 60(b), or identify how the district
court abused its discretion in concluding that relief from the judgment was not
justified. Her attacks on the judgment could have been raised prior to the entry
of judgment or asserted in a timely appeal. See Dial One of the Mid-South, Inc.
v. BellSouth Telecomm., Inc., 401 F.3d 603, 606-07 (5th Cir. 2005); Latham v.
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 987 F.2d 1199, 1203 (5th Cir. 1993).
      She otherwise has not identified a basis for relief under Rule 60(b). To
the extent that she argues that she was not served with the summary judgment
motion, her claim is belied by the record; the defendants served the motion on
her counsel of record and did not commit misconduct that possibly warranted
relief under Rule 60(b). See FED. R. CIV. P. 5(b)(1); FED. R. CIV. P. 60(b). Also,

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any assertion that the judgment was a mistake for purposes of Rule 60(b)(1) is
unavailing because her disagreement with the judgment does not support that
it was based on an obvious error or a fundamental misconception of the law.
See Chick Kam Choo v. Exxon Corp, 699 F.2d 693, 695 (5th Cir. 1983). There
is no indication that the securitization audit that Silvio filed with her motion
to reinstate is newly discovered evidence. See FED. R. CIV. P. 60(b)(2); Longden
v. Sunderman, 979 F.2d 1095, 1103 (5th Cir. 1992).
      Therefore, Silvio’s appeal does not present a nonfrivolous issue and is
not taken in good faith. See Howard, 707 F.2d at 220. Accordingly, the motion
to proceed IFP is DENIED, and the appeal is DISMISSED as frivolous. See
Baugh, 117 F.3d at n.24; 5TH CIR. R. 42.2.

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