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Date Created: 2023-01-27 01:00:38.45683+00
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Case: 22-40340             Document: 00516624596        Page: 1      Date Filed: 01/26/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                      United States Court of Appeals
                                                                               Fifth Circuit
                                      No. 22-40340
                                                                             FILED
                                    Summary Calendar
                                                                      January 26, 2023
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                                                                        Lyle W. Cayce
   Adrian Campbell,                                                          Clerk

                                                                   Plaintiff—Appellant,

                                            versus

   Patricia Hubert Booth, individually; Jason Bradford Libby,
   individually; Drew B. Tipton, individually; Julie K. Hampton,
   individually,

                                              Defendants—Appellees.
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                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                         for the Southern District of Texas
                               USDC No. 2:22-CV-52
                     ______________________________

   Before Jolly, Jones, and Ho, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *      0F

         Adrian Campbell filed a civil rights complaint alleging he was detained
   and prosecuted unlawfully. He now appeals the district court’s dismissal of
   the complaint as frivolous and for failure to state a claim, pursuant to 28

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         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-40340      Document: 00516624596          Page: 2   Date Filed: 01/26/2023

                                    No. 22-40340

   U.S.C. § 1915A(b). We review the dismissal de novo. See Carlucci v. Chapa,
   884 F.3d 534, 537 (5th Cir. 2018).
          Campbell filed his complaint while under indictment for conspiring to
   possess with intent to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 and
   846, a charge to which he later pleaded guilty. His argument that the
   Government lacked standing to prosecute this offense is “indisputably
   meritless.” Samford v. Dretke, 562 F.3d 674, 678 (5th Cir. 2009) (internal
   quotation marks and citation omitted). And because even pro se litigants
   must brief arguments to preserve them, Campbell’s mere assertion that the
   district court viewed his complaint with undue rigor is insufficient to raise
   the issue. See Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 225 (5th Cir. 1993).
          Accordingly, Campbell fails to show that the district court erred. See
   Carlucci, 884 F.3d at 537. Because he has raised no points of arguable merit,
   his appeal is DISMISSED as frivolous. See Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215,
   220 (5th Cir. 1983); 5th Cir. R. 42.2.           Campbell’s motion for the
   appointment of counsel is DENIED.
          The dismissal of this appeal and the district court’s dismissal of
   Campbell’s complaint both count as strikes for purposes of 28 U.S.C.
   § 1915(g). See Adepegba v. Hammons, 103 F.3d 383, 387 (5th Cir. 1996),
   abrogated in part on other grounds by Coleman v. Tollefson, 575 U.S. 532, 534
   (2015). Campbell is WARNED that, if he accumulates three strikes, he may
   not proceed in forma pauperis in any civil action or appeal filed while he is
   incarcerated or detained in any facility unless he is under imminent danger of
   serious physical injury. See § 1915(g).

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