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Parties Involved:
Warren Pierre Canady
Appellant
Keith Gorsuch
Appellee
Shantora Greggs
Appellee
Richard Kembro
Appellee
Charles Londis
Appellee
Michael Roesler
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 16-20009

WARREN PIERRE CANADY,

Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

MICHAEL ROESLER, Senior Warden; KEITH GORSUCH, Assistant Warden; 

CHARLES LONDIS, Assistant Warden; RICHARD KEMBRO, Lieutenant; 

SHANTORA GREGGS, Correctional Officer,

Defendants-Appellees

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 4:15-CV-1938

Before JONES, SMITH, and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Warren Pierre Canady, Texas prisoner # 723784, moves for leave to 

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

42 U.S.C. § 1983 complaint pursuant to the three-strikes 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 

 

* 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

September 8, 2016

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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during the incarceration, brought an action or appeal that was dismissed as 

frivolous or for failure to state a claim, unless the prisoner is under imminent 

danger of serious physical injury. Canady 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); Baños v. O’Guin, 144 F.3d 883, 884 (5th 

Cir. 1998). His allegations that he has been harassed and prevented from 

practicing his Muslim religion, that an officer pushed him in the chest and 

insulted him on one occasion almost two years before the filing of the civil 

rights complaint, and that a disciplinary officer yelled at him and threatened 

him two months prior to the filing of the complaint are insufficient to establish 

that he was in imminent danger of serious physical injury at the relevant 

times, despite his conclusional assertion in an affidavit that he faces such 

danger. See § 1915(g); Baños, 144 F.3d at 884-85. Thus, Canady’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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