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Case: 22-50414         Document: 00516679063             Page: 1      Date Filed: 03/16/2023

              United States Court of Appeals
                   for the Fifth Circuit                                       United States Court of Appeals
                                                                                        Fifth Circuit
                                      ____________
                                                                                      FILED
                                                                                 March 16, 2023
                                       No. 22-50414
                                      ____________                               Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                      Clerk
   Anthony Chambers,

                                                                    Plaintiff—Appellant,

                                             versus

   United States Treasury,

                                                Defendant—Appellee.
                      ______________________________

                      Appeal from the United States District Court
                           for the Western District of Texas
                                USDC No. 6:22-CV-424
                      ______________________________

   Before Higginbotham, Duncan, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam: *
          Anthony Chambers, currently incarcerated at the McLennan County
   Jail (inmate # 103895), moves for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP)
   on appeal following the district court’s dismissal, as frivolous, of his pro se
   complaint. Chambers challenges the district court’s determination that the
   appeal would not be taken in good faith. See Baugh v. Taylor, 117 F.3d 197,
   202 (5th Cir. 1997); Fed. R. App. P. 24(a)(3)-(5). Our inquiry into whether

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          *
              This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
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   an appeal is taken in good faith “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).
          In his IFP motion and supporting brief, Chambers does not make any
   reference to or specifically assert any errors in the district court’s analysis of
   his claims. Nevertheless, Chambers cannot make the requisite showing that
   he has a nonfrivolous issue for appeal. See Howard, 707 F.2d at 220. As
   discussed by the district court, his claims revolve around the legally
   unfounded “redemptionist theory.” Cf. Monroe v. Beard, 536 F.3d 198, 203
   n.4 (3d Cir. 2008) (explaining the theory). Accordingly, his motion to
   proceed IFP is DENIED, and the appeal is DISMISSED as frivolous. See
   Baugh, 117 F.3d at 202 & n.24; 5th Cir. R. 42.2.
          The district court’s dismissal of Chambers’s complaint as frivolous
   and the dismissal of this appeal as frivolous each count as strikes 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). Chambers 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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