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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 

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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-20505

LAWRENCE EDWARD THOMPSON,

Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

ADRIAN GARCIA; UNNAMED OTHER EMPLOYEES OF HARRIS COUNTY 

SHERIFF’S OFFICE; ARAMARK MAINTENANCE,

Defendants-Appellees

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 4:14-CV-1624

Before KING, JOLLY, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Lawrence Edward Thompson, Texas prisoner # 155240, moves for leave 

to proceed in forma pauperis (IFP) to appeal the district court’s dismissal 

without prejudice of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint pursuant to the threestrikes provision of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). Under § 1915(g), a prisoner may not 

proceed IFP in a civil action or in an appeal of a judgment in a civil action if he 

has, on three or more occasions during his incarceration, brought an action or 

* 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.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

February 13, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

 

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appeal that was dismissed as frivolous or for failure to state a claim, unless the 

prisoner is under imminent danger of serious physical injury. Thompson has 

failed to demonstrate that he was under imminent danger of serious physical 

injury at the time that he sought to file his complaint in the district court, 

proceed with his appeal, or move to proceed IFP. See § 1915(g); Banos v. 

O’Guin, 144 F.3d 883, 884 (5th Cir. 1998). Thompson’s motion for leave to 

proceed IFP is DENIED, and the appeal is DISMISSED as frivolous. See 5TH 

CIR. R. 42.2; Baugh v. Taylor, 117 F.3d 197, 202 (5th Cir. 1997).

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