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Case: 22-10325         Document: 00516652590             Page: 1      Date Filed: 02/22/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit
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                                                                               United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                        No. 22-10325
                                      ____________                                    FILED
                                                                               February 22, 2023
   Shamarcus Torrell Carter,                                                     Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                      Clerk
                                                                    Plaintiff—Appellant,

                                             versus

   Dallas County Sheriff’s Department,

                                                Defendant—Appellee.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                          for the Northern District of Texas
                               USDC No. 3:21-CV-2723
                      ______________________________

   Before Elrod, Graves, and Ho, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Shamarcus Torrell Carter, Texas prisoner # 2278813, has filed a
   motion to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) in this appeal from the dismissal
   of his civil rights complaint. Carter’s IFP motion challenges the district
   court’s determination that the appeal is not taken in good faith. See Baugh v.
   Taylor, 117 F.3d 197, 202 (5th Cir. 1997). This court’s inquiry into whether
   the appeal is taken in good faith “is limited to whether the appeal involves

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          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-10325       Document: 00516652590          Page: 2   Date Filed: 02/22/2023

                                     No. 22-10325

   ‘legal points arguable on their merits (and therefore not frivolous).’”
   Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir. 1983) (citation omitted).
            The district court concluded that Carter’s claims of ineffective
   assistance of counsel and his claims of judicial and prosecutorial misconduct
   were barred by judicial immunity, prosecutorial immunity, and Heck v.
   Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477 (1994). Carter fails to raise any issue relevant to the
   district court’s ruling. Because Carter fails to brief any challenge to the
   district court’s reasons for dismissing his civil rights action, the issues are
   abandoned.      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).
            Carter does not make the requisite showing that he has a nonfrivolous
   issue for appeal. See Howard, 707 F.2d at 220. Accordingly, his motion to
   proceed IFP is DENIED, and his appeal is DISMISSED as frivolous. See
   Baugh, 117 F.3d at 202 n.24; 5th Cir. R. 42.2.
            The dismissal of this appeal as frivolous counts as a strike under 28
   U.S.C. § 1915(g). See Adepegba v. Hammons, 103 F.3d 383, 388 (5th Cir.
   1996), abrogated in part on other grounds by Coleman v. Tollefson, 575 U.S. 532,
   537 (2015). Carter is WARNED that if he accumulates three strikes, he will
   not be permitted to proceed IFP in any civil action or appeal filed while
   incarcerated or detained in any facility unless he is under imminent danger of
   serious physical injury. See § 1915(g).

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