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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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* 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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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

April 6, 2004

Charles R. Fulbruge III

Clerk

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

 

No. 03-11158

Summary Calendar

 

CONCHITA WASHINGTON,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

versus

LUCY MALLISHAM, Warden, Federal Medical Center-Carswell;

HARLEY LAPPIN, Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons; FEDERAL

BUREAU OF PRISONS,

Defendants-Appellees.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Texas

(4:03-CV-1227-A)

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Before JOLLY, WIENER, and PICKERING, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Plaintiff-Appellant Conchita Washington, federal prisoner #

14826-039, appeals from the district court’s dismissal of her

civil-rights lawsuit, filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, for

failure to state a claim on which relief may be granted and as

frivolous. Washington argues that Program Statement 1351.05,

issued by the Federal Bureau of Prisons, violates the Federal

Register Act, the Administrative Procedures Act, the Equal Access

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to Justice Act, the Freedom of Information Act, and the Due Process

Clause. As her arguments fail to raise a cognizable issue under 42

U.S.C. § 1983, the dismissal of her instant complaint pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(ii) for failure to state a claim upon

which relief may be granted was proper. See Black v. Warren, 134

F.3d 732, 733-34 (5th Cir. 1998).

Accordingly, the district court’s judgment is AFFIRMED. The

district court’s dismissal for failure to state a claim counts as

one strike for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g), and our affirmance

of that dismissal as frivolous counts as a second strike. See

Adepegba v. Hammons, 103 F.3d 383, 387 (5th Cir. 1996). Washington

is warned that if she accumulates three strikes, she may not

proceed in forma pauperis in any civil action or appeal filed while

she is incarcerated or detained in any facility unless she is under

imminent danger of serious physical injury. See 28 U.S.C.

§ 1915(g).

AFFIRMED; STRIKE WARNING ISSUED.

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