No. 99-21178
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 99-21178
Conference Calendar
MARIA GRACIELA RAMIREZ,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
THE STATE OF TEXAS,
Defendant-Appellee.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
USDC No. H-99-CV-4060
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April 11, 2000
Before WIENER, DeMOSS, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Maria Graciela Ramirez appeals the district court’s order
dismissing her civil action. Because Ramirez does not address
the district court’s reasons for dismissing her civil action,
namely that her suit against the State of Texas is barred by the
Eleventh Amendment and that she cannot challenge a state court
judgment in federal court, she has abandoned the only issues
before this court. See Brinkmann v. Dallas County Deputy Sheriff
Abner, 813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir. 1987). Ramirez’s appeal is
*
Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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 CIR. R. 47.5.4.
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without arguable merit and is thus frivolous. See Howard v.
King, 707 F.2d 215, 219-20 (5th Cir. 1983). Because the appeal
is frivolous, it is DISMISSED. 5TH CIR. R. 42.2.
Ramirez was previously sanctioned in Ramirez v. State of
Texas, No. 97-20626 (5th Cir. Feb. 26, 1998) for filing a
frivolous appeal. Ramirez has nevertheless filed another
frivolous appeal. Accordingly, Ramirez is BARRED from filing any
pro se civil appeal in this court without the prior written
approval of a judge of this court in active service. She is also
BARRED from filing any pro se initial civil pleading in any court
which is subject to this court’s jurisdiction, without the
advance written permission of a judge of the forum court or of
this court. The clerk of this court and the clerks of all
district courts subject to the jurisdiction of this court are
directed to return to Ramirez, unfiled, any attempted submission
inconsistent with this bar.
APPEAL DISMISSED; SANCTIONS IMPOSED.