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Parties Involved:
Ambriz
Appellee
Gary Currie
Appellee
Jose Fidencio Garza
Appellant
Mayer
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-41035

Summary Calendar

JOSE FIDENCIO GARZA,

Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

WARDEN GARY CURRIE; SERGEANT MAYER; LIEUTENANT AMBRIZ,

Defendants-Appellees

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 2:15-CV-155

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, PRADO, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges. 

PER CURIAM:*

Jose Fidencio Garza, Texas prisoner # 01576511, appeals the dismissal 

of his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1915(e)(2)(B)(i) and 

(ii) and 1915A(b)(1) as frivolous and for failure to state a claim on which relief 

may be granted. The district court did not err in dismissing the complaint as 

his claims lacked an arguable basis in law or contained insufficient factual 

matter to state a plausible claim for relief. See Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 

 

* 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

December 7, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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678 (2009); Samford v. Dretke, 562 F.3d 674, 678 (5th Cir. 2009); Black v. 

Warren, 134 F.3d 732, 734 (5th Cir. 1998). The judgment is AFFIRMED. The 

motions for discovery of evidence, disqualification and summary judgment, and 

expedited consideration are DENIED.

The dismissal of Garza’s § 1983 complaint as frivolous and for failure to 

state a claim on which relief may be granted counts as a strike under § 1915(g). 

See § 1915(g); Coleman v. Tollefson, 135 S. Ct. 1759, 1763-64 (2015); Adepegba 

v. Hammons, 103 F.3d 383, 387-88 (5th Cir. 1996). Garza is WARNED that if 

he accumulates three strikes, he will not be allowed 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 § 1915(g).

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