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Macario PERALES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE, Defendant-Appellee.
    No. 03-40197.
    Conference Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Oct. 21, 2003.
    
      Macario Perales, Edinburg, TX, pro se.
    Alexia J. Rodriguez, Office of the Attorney General, Austin, TX, for DefendantAppellee.
    Before KING, Chief Judge, and JOLLY and STEWART, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM.

Macario Perales appeals from the district court’s dismissal for failure to state a claim pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(c)(l) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) of his pro se, in forma pauperis (IFP) civil rights complaint. Perales alleged that the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) violated his constitutional rights when, after disciplinary proceedings, the TDCJ seized money from his prison trust account to pay for prison property that Perales damaged.

Although this court applies less stringent standards to parties proceeding pro se than to parties represented by counsel and liberally construes pro se briefs, pro se parties must still brief the issues and reasonably comply with the requirements of Fed. R.App. P. 28. Grant v. Cuellar, 59 F.3d 523, 524 (5th Cir.1995). Perales makes no coherent argument that addresses the basis of the district court’s decision, and this court will not construct arguments or theories absent a coherent discussion of those issues. See Brinkmann v. Dallas County Deputy Sheriff Abner, 813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir.1987). Perales’ appeal is without arguable merit and is DISMISSED as frivolous. See Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 220 (5th Cir.1983); 5th Cir. R. 42.2.

The dismissal of this appeal and the district court’s dismissal each count as a “strike” for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). See Adepegba v. Hammons, 103 F.3d 383, 387-88 (5th Cir.1996). Perales is WARNED that if he accumulates three strikes he may not proceed IFP in any civil action or appeal filed while he is incarcerated or detained in any facility unless he is under imminent danger of serious physical injury. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).

APPEAL DISMISSED AS FRIVOLOUS; SANCTIONS WARNING ISSUED. 
      
       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.