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Esau LAMPKIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. A.D. CASKEY, Warden; R. Villarreal, Warden; R. Gonzalez, Warden; Lievenat; Yolanda Chavez; University of Texas Medical Branch Health Management Information Department; Josephine Session, Medical Doctor; Montolvea; Jamie Spencer; Cantu; S. Mercado, Medical Doctor; M. Lawson Investigations Division; P.A. Gomez; Ahia Shabaaz; Western Region Medical University of Texas Medical Branch Correctional Managed Healthcare; Americans with Disabilities, (ADA); R. Marticek Administrations of Medical; A. Salazar; E.L. Perez, Lieutenant; Guy Smith; R. Marticek, Defendants-Appellees.
    No. 04-41105.
    Summary Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Decided Feb. 3, 2006.
    Esau Lampkin, Edinburg, TX, pro se.
    Marjolyn Carol Gardner, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Attorney General for the State of Texas, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.
    
      Before JOLLY, DAVIS, and OWEN, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Esau Lampkin, Texas prisoner #864512, appeals the district court’s dismissal of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint as frivolous pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii). He argues that the district court abused its discretion in dismissing his complaint without giving him an opportunity to amend it and without considering his objections and his post-judgment motions.

Lampkin has not shown that the district court abused its discretion in dismissing his complaint as frivolous. The record indicates that he received substantial medical care for his bunions and back pain during his incarceration. He has not shown that he would have been able to allege additional facts which would have been nonfrivolous or sufficient to state a claim if he had been allowed to file an amended complaint. Unsuccessful medical treatment, medical negligence, malpractice, or disagreement with medical treatment does not constitute deliberate indifference to serious medical needs. Banuelos v. McFarland, 41 F.3d 232, 235 (5th Cir.1995); Varnado v. Lynaugh, 920 F.2d 320, 321 (5th Cir.1991). Because he has not shown that the defendants were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs, the district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing his complaint as frivolous. See Banuelos, 41 F.3d at 235; Varnado, 920 F.2d at 321. Further, the district court implicitly considered his objections to the magistrate judge’s report and considered and denied his post-judgment motions.

Lampkin’s appeal is without arguable merit and, therefore, is dismissed as frivolous. See Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 219-20 (5th Cir.1983); 5TH CIR. R. 42.2. The district court’s dismissal of his complaint and the dismissal of this appeal count as strikes under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). See Adepegba v. Hammons, 103 F.3d 383, 387-88 (5th Cir.1996). Lampkin is cautioned that if he accumulates three strikes under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), he will not be able to proceed in forma pauperis 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). Lampkin’s motions for oral argument and extraordinary relief are also denied.

APPEAL DISMISSED; MOTIONS DENIED; SANCTION 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.