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IN THE UN ITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELE VENTH CIRCUIT

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ve rs us MIKE SCOTT, Sh eri ff, Defen da nt -Ap pe ll ee.

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th e Uni te d S ta te s Di st ric t Co ur t for th e Mi dd le Dis tri ct of F lo rid a

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__ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ (Oct ob er 3 0, 2 01 2) Befo re HULL, MARCUS an d M ARTIN, Cir cu it Ju dg es . PER CURI AM:

Case: 12-10646 Date Filed: 10/30/2012 Page: 1 of 3Bri an Cas ey , a Fl or id a st at e pr e-t ria l de ta in ee pr oc eed in g pr o se , ap pe al s th e

su a sp o n t e di sm is sa l of hi s 42 U.S.C. § 19 83 act io n pu rs ua nt to th e “ th ree- st rik es ” pr ov is io n of th e Pri so n Lit ig at io n Refo rm Act (“ PLRA”), 28 U.S.C. § 19 15 (g ). Cas ey

as ks th is Co ur t to va cat e th e di st ric t co ur t’s or de r of di sm is sa l be cau se hi s pr io r

co m pl ai nt s, on whi ch th e di sm is sa l was ba se d, sh ou ld no t ha ve be en di sm is se d. Afte r

care fu l re vi ew, we affi rm . 1 W e rev ie w de n o v o t h e d en ia l of a m ot io n fo r le av e to pr oc eed in fo rm a pa up eri s un de r th e “ th ree- st rik es ” pr ov is io n of th e PLRA. Dup ree v. Pal m er, 28 4 F.3 d 1 23 4, 1 23 5 (1 1t h C ir. 2 00 2)

. A p ris on er m ay no t pr oc eed in for m a p au pe ris in a ci vi l act io n whe re he ha s, du rin g hi s in carc erat io n, fil ed th ree pr io r act io ns th a t were di sm is se d as fri vo lo us ,
m al ic io us , or fo r fai lu re to st at e a cl ai m . 28 U.S.C. § 19 15 (g ). The re is an ex cep ti on whe re th e pr is on er is “ un de r im m in en t da ng er of se rio us ph y si cal in jury.” Id

. W he n th is pro vi si on pre ve nt s t he fil in g o f an act io n, t he co ur t m us t di sm is s th e co m

pl ai nt wit ho ut pre

jud ic e. Pal m er, 2 84 F.3d at 1 23 6. The di st ric t co ur t m

us t se arch th e reco rd of th e pl ai nt iff ’s fed eral cas es to de te rm in e if th ey were di sm is se d fo r th e rel ev an t reas on s. Ri ve ra v. All in , 14 4 F.3 d

I n addition, beca

use we aff

irm the district court’s dismissal of his complaint, we a lso 1 DENY the motion for summary judgme nt he filed in this Court.

2 Case: 12-10646 Date Filed: 10/30/2012 Page: 2 of 371 9, 72 6 (1 1t h Ci r. 19 98 ), ab r o g a t e d on ot he r gr ou nd s by Jo ne s v. Bo ck , 54 9 U.S.

19 9 (2 00 7) . Plai nt iff

s ar e b ou nd by the jud gm en ts in th ei r pr io r cas es , an d m ay no t di sp ut e th ei r m eri t s i n o r d er to ch al le ng e a “ th ree- st rik es ” de te rm in at io n. See Co m m is si on er of In te rn al Rev en ue v. Su nn en , 33 3 U.S. 59 1, 59 7 (1 94 8) (ru li ng th at pa rti es to a cau se of act io n are bo un d by fin al jud gm en ts on th e m eri ts ). Rat he r, th e pr op er av en ue fo r ch al le n g i n g th e m eri ts of a fin al jud gm en t is to ap pe al un de r th e Fed eral Ru le s o f App el la te Pro ced ur e. See Fe d.R .App .P. 3. Her e , C a s e y d oe s no t as se rt th at he is in da ng er of ph y si cal in jury, so th e

“ th ree- st rik es ” ru le ap pl ie s to th is cas e. 28 U.S.C. § 19 15 (g ). As the reco rd s sh ow, th e di st ric t co ur t di sm is se d Cas ey ’s co m pl ai nt s on th ree pr io r oc cas io ns fo r fai lu re to st at e a cl ai m . Cas ey di d no t ap pe al th es e di sm is sa ls , whi ch was th e pr op er av en ue fo r ch al le ng in g th ei r m eri t. See Fed .R.App .P. 3. He is th eref or e bo un d by th e jud gm en ts in hi s pr io r cas es . Su nn en , 33 3 U.S. at 59 7. As a res ul t, Cas ey can no t cl ai m erro r in pr io r di sm is sa ls as a ba si s fo r ch al le ng in g th e co ur t’s ru li ng . The refo re, we affi rm th e di st ric t co ur t’s di sm is sa l of Cas ey ’s ci vi l act io n pu rs ua nt to t h e “t hr ee-s tri ke s” pr ov is io n o f th e PLRA. AFFIRMED.

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