Case: 21-20376 Document: 00516280425 Page: 1 Date Filed: 04/14/2022
United States Court of Appeals
for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
April 14, 2022
No. 21-20376 Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
Prentise Emmanuel Prather,
Plaintiff—Appellant,
versus
Conroe Police Department Officers; Patti Maginnis,
435th Judicial Court Judge; William Pattillo, Court Appointed
Attorney,
Defendants—Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
USDC No. 4:21-CV-884
Before Stewart, Haynes, and Ho, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam:*
Prentise Emmanuel Prather, former Montgomery County Jail inmate
# 331283, has filed a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) on
appeal from the district court’s dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 lawsuit as
*
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opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited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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frivolous, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B). Because Prather’s notice
of appeal is untimely, we lack jurisdiction. See Fed. R. App. P. 4(a)(1)(A);
see also Bowles v. Russell, 551 U.S. 205, 214 (2007). Accordingly, the appeal is
DISMISSED for lack of jurisdiction. Prather’s motion for leave to proceed
IFP on appeal is DENIED.
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