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United States Court of Appeals
                               FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
                                        ____________
No. 23-5005                                                   September Term, 2022
                                                                        1:22-cv-01805-UNA
                                                         Filed On: April 10, 2023
Patrick O. Christian,

              Appellant

       v.

Republican Party and Democratic Party,

              Appellees

            ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                      FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

       BEFORE:          Pillard and Childs, Circuit Judges, and Sentelle, Senior Circuit
                        Judge

                                       JUDGMENT

        This appeal was considered on the record from the United States District Court
for the District of Columbia and on the brief filed by appellant. See Fed. R. App. P.
34(a)(2); D.C. Cir. Rule 34(j). It is

        ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that the district court’s December 16, 2022 order
be affirmed. The district court correctly concluded that appellant’s complaint, which
lacked an arguable basis either in law or in fact, was frivolous. See Neitzke v. Williams,
490 U.S. 319, 325 (1989); see also 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i) (providing that “the
court shall dismiss the case at any time if the court determines that . . . the action or
appeal . . . is frivolous or malicious”).
                 United States Court of Appeals
                            FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
                                     ____________
No. 23-5005                                                September Term, 2022

        Pursuant to D.C. Circuit Rule 36, this disposition will not be published. The Clerk
is directed to withhold issuance of the mandate herein until seven days after resolution
of any timely petition for rehearing or petition for rehearing en banc. See Fed. R. App.
P. 41(b); D.C. Cir. Rule 41.

                                       Per Curiam

                                                         FOR THE COURT:
                                                         Mark J. Langer, Clerk

                                                 BY:     /s/
                                                         Michael C. McGrail
                                                         Deputy Clerk

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