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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

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No. 19-13772

Non-Argument Calendar

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D.C. Docket No. 1:18-cv-05243-WMR

WASEEM DAKER, 

 Plaintiff–Appellant,

 versus

GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA, 

GEORGIA SECRETARY OF STATE, 

ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE OF GEORGIA, 

STATE OF GEORGIA, 

SENTENCE REVIEW PANEL, et al.,

 Defendants–Appellees.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Georgia

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(March 9, 2020)

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Before WILLIAM PRYOR, JILL PRYOR and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM: 

Waseem Daker, a Georgia prisoner and “three-strikes” litigant under the 

Prison Litigation Reform Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), appeals pro se the sua sponte 

imposition of a permanent filing injunction. Daker argues that the district court 

erred by issuing the permanent injunction without first providing him notice and an 

opportunity to heard. Because we agree, we vacate and remand.

We review for abuse of discretion the imposition of a filing injunction. 

Miller v. Donald, 541 F.3d 1091, 1096 (11th Cir. 2008). 

The district court abused its discretion. An injunction against abusive and 

vexatious litigation cannot completely foreclose a litigant from accessing the 

courts. Riccard v. Prudential Ins. Co., 307 F.3d 1277, 1298 (11th Cir. 2002). And, 

before entering or modifying a filing injunction, a district court must give the 

litigant who would be enjoined notice and an opportunity to be heard. Id. at 1297–

98; see also Doe, 1-13 ex rel. Doe Sr. 1-13 v. Bush, 261 F.3d 1037, 1063–64 (11th 

Cir. 2001). The district court violated Daker’s right to due process by imposing the 

permanent filing injunction without first providing him notice and an opportunity 

to be heard. So we vacate the injunction and remand so that Daker can be afforded

notice and an opportunity to respond before any filing injunction is imposed. 

VACATED AND REMANDED. 

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