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Parties Involved:
Donovan Evans
Appellant
Wendie Foor
Appellee
Adlean Jones
Appellee
Daniel Starks
Appellee
Whitney Wright
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 15-60114

Summary Calendar

DONOVAN EVANS,

Plaintiff-Appellant

v.

WHITNEY WRIGHT; WENDIE FOOR; DANIEL STARKS; ADLEAN JONES,

Defendants-Appellees

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Mississippi

USDC No. 3:13-CV-998

Before JOLLY, DENNIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges. 

PER CURIAM:*

Donovan Evans, a pretrial detainee at the Lauderdale County Detention 

Center, filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action seeking damages on the basis that the 

defendants and fellow inmates harassed him. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 

§ 1915(e)(2)(B), the district court dismissed Evans’s action for failure to state 

a claim upon which relief could be granted. 

 

* 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 22, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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A district court is required to dismiss a prisoner’s complaint if it is 

frivolous, malicious, or fails to state a claim for relief. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i) & (ii). 

Evans does not challenge the district court’s determination that his action was 

subject to dismissal on the basis of res judicata and collateral estoppel. Evans 

also does not challenge the district court’s alternative decision that his action 

was subject to dismissal on the basis that he failed to exhaust his 

administrative remedies. See Brinkmann v. Dallas County Deputy Sheriff 

Abner, 813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir. 1987); Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 224-

25 (5th Cir. 1993). 

The dismissal by the district court of Evans’s complaint counts as a strike 

for purposes of § 1915(g). See Adepegba v. Hammons, 103 F.3d 383, 387-88 

(5th Cir. 1996). Evans has already accumulated at least two other strikes. See

Evans v. Cessna, No. 3:14-cv-00846 (S.D. Miss. Dec. 1, 2014); Evans v. State of 

Mississippi, No. 3:13-cv-00996 (S.D. Miss. April 7, 2014); see also Coleman v.

Tollefson, 135 S. Ct. 1759, 1763-64 (2015). Evans is therefore barred from 

proceeding in forma pauperis while he is incarcerated or detained in any 

facility unless he is under imminent danger of serious physical injury. See

§ 1915(g). 

AFFIRMED; BAR IMPOSED. 

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