Case: 25-10258 Document: 64-1 Page: 1 Date Filed: 09/04/2025

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit ____________ FILED September 4, 2025 No. 25-10258 ____________ Lyle W. Cayce Clerk Deloris Phillips, Plaintiff—Appellant, versus In the Interstate Estate of Richard Leon Meankins, Defendant—Appellee. ______________________________ Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas USDC No. 3:25-CV-227 ______________________________ Before Southwick, Duncan, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam:* Deloris Phillips, proceeding pro se, seeks to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) on appeal from the district court’s administrative closure of her case pursuant to a previously imposed sanction order.

Although pro se filings are afforded liberal construction, see Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 225 (5th Cir. 1993), when an appellant fails to identify any error in the district court’s analysis, it is the same as if the appellant had _____________________ * This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.

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not appealed that issue. See Brinkmann v. Dallas Cnty. Deputy Sheriff Abner, 813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir. 1987). Phillips’s filings in this court do not address the district court’s reasons for administratively closing her case.

Accordingly, she has abandoned any challenge to the district court’s ruling.

See Yohey, 985 F.2d at 224-25; Brinkmann, 813 F.2d at 748. As a result, Phillips has failed to demonstrate that there is a nonfrivolous issue for appeal.

See Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir. 1983); Carson v. Polley, 689 F.2d 562, 586 (5th Cir. 1982).

Accordingly, Phillips’s motion to proceed IFP on appeal is DENIED, and the appeal is DISMISSED as frivolous. See Baugh v. Taylor, 117 F.3d 197, 202 n.24 (5th Cir. 1997); 5th Cir. R. 42.2. All outstanding motions are also DENIED.