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Charles T. BUTLER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Richard L. STALDER; Burl Cain; Kathy Fontenot; Richard Ieyoub; State of Louisiana; All present and past Corrections Officials in both their Official and Individual capacities, Defendant-Appellee.
    No. 04-30427.
    Conference Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Decided Dec. 17, 2004.
    Charles T. Butler Safety & Corrections Angola, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
    Before KING, Chief Judge, and DeMOSS and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Before this court is Charles Butler’s (Louisiana prisoner #209995) request to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) in his appeal of the dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint for failure to pay the filing fee. The district court denied Butler leave to proceed IFP upon a finding that he had accumulated three “strikes” under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).

Section 1915(g) provides that a prisoner may not proceed IFP in a civil action or in an appeal of a judgment in a civil action if the prisoner has, on three or more prior occasions, while incarcerated, brought an action or appeal that was dismissed as frivolous or for failure to state a claim, unless the prisoner is under imminent danger of serious physical injury. The determination as to whether a prisoner is in “imminent danger” must be made at the time the prisoner seeks to proceed with the appeal or files a motion to proceed IFP. Baños v. O’Guin, 144 F.3d 883, 884 (5th Cir.1998).

Butler fails to show that he is in “imminent danger” as required under § 1915(g). Accordingly, his motion for IFP is DENIED and the appeal is DISMISSED. See 5th Cir. R. 42.2. 
      
       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.