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Case: 22-20530        Document: 00516738035             Page: 1      Date Filed: 05/04/2023

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

                                     ____________                                           FILED
                                                                                         May 4, 2023
                                      No. 22-20530
                                                                                       Lyle W. Cayce
                                    Summary Calendar                                        Clerk
                                    ____________

   Ricardo Enriquez Sanchez,

                                                                   Petitioner—Appellant,

                                            versus

   United States Immigration Department,

                                               Respondent—Appellee.
                     ______________________________

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                         for the Southern District of Texas
                              USDC No. 4:21-CV-2537
                     ______________________________

   Before Clement, Southwick, and Higginson, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
         Ricardo Enriquez Sanchez, Texas prisoner # 1745089, moves for leave
   to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) to appeal the denial of his motion filed
   under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b). The district court determined
   that Enriquez Sanchez had not shown his entitlement to relief under Rule
   60(b) insofar as he failed to point to any new evidence or intervening change

         _____________________
         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   in law, failed to show any mistake, misconduct, or other reason that would
   justify relief, and failed to dispute any particular finding or conclusion in the
   court’s order dismissing his 28 U.S.C. § 2241 petition.
          Enriquez Sanchez does not address the district court’s reasons for
   denying his Rule 60(b) motion and certifying that his appeal was not taken in
   good faith under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(a)(3). The failure by Enriquez Sanchez to
   address the district court’s basis for dismissing his petition “without even
   the slightest identification of any error in [the district court’s] legal analysis
   or its application to [his] suit . . ., is the same as if he had not appealed that
   judgment.” Brinkmann v. Dallas Cnty. Deputy Sheriff Abner, 813 F.2d 744,
   748 (5th Cir. 1987).
          The instant appeal is without arguable merit and is thus frivolous. See
   Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir. 1983). Because the appeal is
   frivolous, the motion to proceed IFP is DENIED, and the appeal is
   DISMISSED. See Baugh v. Taylor, 117 F.3d 197, 202 & n.24 (5th Cir. 1997);
   5th Cir. R. 42.2. Enriquez Sanchez’s motion for appointment of counsel
   and motion for oral argument are also DENIED.
          This is Enriquez Sanchez’s second appeal that this court has
   dismissed as frivolous that entails challenges to his underlying conviction or
   immigration proceedings. He is WARNED that future frivolous, repetitive,
   or otherwise abusive filings will invite the imposition of sanctions, which may
   include dismissal, monetary sanctions, and restrictions on his ability to file
   pleadings in this court and any court subject to this court’s jurisdiction. See
   Coghlan v. Starkey, 852 F.2d 806, 817 n.21 (5th Cir. 1988).

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