Mitchell Wagner v. TDCJ ( 2020 )

Case: 19-11076 Document: 00515670258 Page: 1 Date Filed: 12/11/2020
United States Court of Appeals
for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
December 11, 2020
No. 19-11076 Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
Mitchell Wagner,
Plaintiff—Appellant,
versus
Archie D. Scarborough; Keith F. Meeks; Stanley J.
Baldwin; Richard Burgess; James Finley; Clayton
Wheeden; Texas Kairos Organization,
Defendants—Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Texas
USDC No. 1:15-CV-177
Before Stewart, Graves, and Higginson, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam:*
Mitchell Wagner, Texas prisoner # 1543049, moves for leave to
proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) in this appeal and moves for the
appointment of counsel. By moving to appeal IFP, Wagner challenges the
*
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opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited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.
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certification that his appeal is not in good faith. See Baugh v. Taylor, 117 F.3d
197, 202 (5th Cir. 1997).
The notice of appeal failed to identify an existing judgment or order
from which Wagner is appealing, and Wagner has not identified a
nonfrivolous issue on appeal. See Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir.
1983). Accordingly, the motion for leave to appeal IFP is DENIED, and the
appeal is DISMISSED as frivolous. See Baugh, 117 F.3d at 202 n.24; 5th
Cir. R. 42.2. Our dismissal of this appeal counts as one strike under
28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). See Coleman v. Tollefson, 135 S. Ct. 1759, 1763-64 (2015).
Wagner is WARNED that if he accumulates three strikes, he will not be
allowed to proceed IFP in any civil action or appeal filed while he is detained
or incarcerated in any facility unless he is under imminent danger of serious
physical injury. His motion for the appointment of counsel is DENIED.
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