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Date Created: 2023-04-17 18:00:25.006389+00
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Case: 22-20406         Document: 00516713672             Page: 1      Date Filed: 04/17/2023

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

                                      ____________                                     FILED
                                                                                   April 17, 2023
                                       No. 22-20406                               Lyle W. Cayce
                                      ____________                                     Clerk

   Jerry Wilson, also known as Steve Vic Parker,

                                                                     Plaintiff—Appellant,

                                             versus

   William Stephens; Brad Livingston; Joni White;
   Charley Valdez; P. S. Baggett; Program Specialist Rudi
   Martinez,

                                               Defendants—Appellees.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Southern District of Texas
                               USDC No. 4:13-CV-3522
                      ______________________________

   Before Wiener, Elrod, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Plaintiff Jerry Wilson, also known as Steve Vic Parker, moved to “re-
   vive” a default judgment he says he obtained. The district court denied the
   motion, explaining that his original complaint was dismissed without preju-
   dice because he was previously barred from filing any prisoner pro se filing for
   violating the three-strike rule contained in 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). See Wilson v.
          _____________________
          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-20406     Document: 00516713672           Page: 2   Date Filed: 04/17/2023

                                    No. 22-20406

   Stephens, No. 4:13-CV-3522, ECF 62 (S.D. Tex. July 20, 2022); see also id.
   ECF 15 (July 15, 2014) (dismissing the original complaint). Wilson appeals
   the denial of that motion and moves to proceed in forma pauperis.
          The district court was correct that there is no judgment to be revived
   because Wilson’s complaint was dismissed. We are therefore required to dis-
   miss the appeal as frivolous because Wilson fails to present an issue that is
   arguable on the merits. 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i); Howard v. King, 707
   F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir. 1983).
          DISMISSED.
          The motion to proceed in forma pauperis is DENIED AS MOOT.

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