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Case: 22-10018     Document: 00516419938         Page: 1     Date Filed: 08/04/2022

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

                                                                             FILED
                                                                        August 4, 2022
                                  No. 22-10018
                                Summary Calendar                        Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                             Clerk

   Steven Rolan,

                                                           Plaintiff—Appellant,

                                       versus

   Lasalle Southwest Corrections; Bryan Gordy,
   Administrator Warden; Kris Wusterhausen, Doctor; K. Dykes,
   Registered Nurse; NFN Weatherspoon, Ms, Physician Assistant; K.
   Flud, LVN,

                                                         Defendants—Appellees.

                  Appeal from the United States District Court
                      for the Northern District of Texas
                           USDC No. 3:20-CV-2842

   Before Elrod, Oldham, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
          Stephen Rolan, Johnson County Jail inmate #201901143, moves for
   leave to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) on appeal from the dismissal of his

          *
            Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 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   opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited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 Circuit Rule 47.5.4.
Case: 22-10018      Document: 00516419938          Page: 2    Date Filed: 08/04/2022

                                    No. 22-10018

   42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint with prejudice for failure to state a claim. See
   28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii), 1915A(b)(1). By moving to proceed IFP,
   Rolan challenges the district court’s certification that his appeal is not taken
   in good faith. See Baugh v. Taylor, 117 F.3d 197, 202 (5th Cir. 1997). Our
   inquiry “is limited to whether the appeal involves legal points arguable on
   their merits (and therefore not frivolous).” Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215,
   220 (5th Cir. 1983) (internal quotation marks and citations omitted).
          Rolan asserts that he should be permitted to proceed IFP because he
   is a pauper. Even affording his pleadings very liberal construction, he does
   not renew his claims, address the reasons for the district court’s dismissal, or
   brief any substantive argument that his appeal involves a nonfrivolous issue.
   He has therefore abandoned any such argument. See Yohey v. Collins,
   985 F.2d 222, 225 (5th Cir. 1993); Brinkmann v. Dallas Cnty. Deputy Sheriff
   Abner, 813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir. 1987). Because Rolan has failed to identify
   any issue of arguable merit, his motion to proceed IFP is DENIED, and his
   appeal is DISMISSED as frivolous. See Baugh, 117 F.3d at 202 n.24;
   Howard, 707 F.2d at 220; see also 5th Cir. R. 42.2. His motion for the
   appointment of counsel is also DENIED. See Ulmer v. Chancellor, 691 F.2d
   209, 212-13 (5th Cir. 1982)
          The district court’s dismissal of Rolan’s complaint and our dismissal
   of his appeal both count as strikes under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). See Coleman
   v. Tollefson, 575 U.S. 532, 538-39 (2015); Adepegba v. Hammons, 103 F.3d 383,
   387-88 (5th Cir. 1996), abrogated in part on other grounds by Coleman, 575 U.S.
   at 537; see also § 1915(h). Rolan is WARNED that, if he accumulates a third
   strike, he may not proceed IFP in any civil action or appeal while he is
   incarcerated or detained in any facility unless he is in imminent danger of
   serious physical injury. See § 1915(g).

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