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Parties Involved:
Barnes
Appellee
Farthing
Appellee
Gilbert Flores
Appellee
Galloway
Appellee
David Gutierrez
Appellee
Kelly
Appellee
James Kitten
Appellee
Lubbock County Texas
Appellee
Lugo
Appellee
Kenny Maines
Appellee
F. McInroe
Appellee
Brenda Nock
Appellee
Olin
Appellee
Rowe
Appellee
Paul Scarborough
Appellee
Steven L. Sondley
Appellant
Nathan Ziegler
Appellee

Document Text:

* 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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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 27, 2004

Charles R. Fulbruge III

Clerk

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

 

No. 03-10020

Summary Calendar

 

STEVEN L. SONDLEY,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

versus

LUBBOCK COUNTY TEXAS; KENNY MAINES, Lubbock County Commissioner;

JAMES KITTEN, Lubbock County Commissioner; GILBERT FLORES,

Lubbock County Commissioner; NATHAN ZIEGLER, Lubbock County

Commissioner; DAVID GUTIERREZ, Sheriff of Lubbock County; PAUL

SCARBOROUGH, Chief Deputy Sheriff of Lubbock County; NFN

GALLOWAY, Jail Captain of Lubbock County; NFN ROWE, Shift

Lieutenant of Lubbock County Jail; NFN BARNES, Shift Lieutenant

of Lubbock County Jail; NFN LUGO, Lieutenant, Shift Lieutenant;

BRENDA NOCK, Sergeant of Lubbock County Jail; OLIN NLN, Medical

Director of Lubbock County Jail; NFN FARTHING; KELLY NLN, Nurse

Practitioner of Lubbock County Jail; F. MCINROE, Law Librarian of

Lubbock County Jail,

Defendants-Appellees.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Northern District of Texas

USDC No. 5:01-CV-219-C

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Before JONES, BENAVIDES, and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges. 

PER CURIAM:*

Steven L. Sondley, currently federal prisoner number 70389-

080, appeals from the district court's dismissal of his civil

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rights complaint brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. The

district court dismissed the complaint as a sanction, finding

that Sondley committed perjury by failing to list in his

complaint a prior lawsuit making similar claims that Sondley had

filed in the Abilene Division of the Northern District of Texas

six months before he filed the instant suit.

In addition to challenging the dismissal, Sondley argues

that the district court erred by 1) failing to permit him to

engage in discovery past the deadlines set in the pretrial order,

2) denying his access-to-courts claim and request to amend the

complaint, 3) denying him a default judgment against the medical

defendants, 4) denying his cross-motion for summary judgment,

5) denying his request for a pretrial conference, 6) empaneling a

juror that he had struck, and 7) permitting the defendants to

cross-examine him about his criminal history. 

We conclude that there is no merit to any of Sondley's

issues. The district court did not abuse its discretion by

dismissing the complaint as a sanction against Sondley. See

Hatchet v. Nettles, 201 F.3d 651, 654 (5th Cir. 2000); see also

Mercury Air Group, Inc. v. Mansour, 237 F.3d 542, 548 (5th Cir.

2001). 

Sondley's appeal is without merit and is frivolous. Howard

v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 219-20 (5th Cir. 1983). Accordingly, his

appeal is DISMISSED as frivolous. See 5TH CIR. R. 42.2. The

dismissal of the appeal counts as a strike against Sondley for

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purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). See Adepegba v. Hammons, 103

F.3d 383, 388 (5th Cir. 1996). Sondley is CAUTIONED that if he

accumulates three strikes, he may not proceed in forma pauperis

in any civil action or appeal while he is incarcerated or

detained in any facility unless he is in imminent danger of

serious physical injury. See 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). Sondley's

motion to file his reply brief out-of-time is GRANTED.

APPEAL DISMISSED. SANCTIONS WARNING ISSUED. MOTION GRANTED.

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