Case Name: John Mark NIKIRK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Victor RODRIGUEZ, Chairman Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles; Rissie Owens; Lafayette Collins; Terri Schnorrenberg; Winona Miles; S. Craig Wright; S. Feinblatt; Mark Sheherd; Spivey, Agent Captain; Falls, Correctional Officer III; Johnson, Correctional Officer III; American Correctional Association; Janie Cockrell, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2005-04-20
Citations: 129 F. App'x 103
Docket Number: No. 04-20305
Parties: John Mark NIKIRK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Victor RODRIGUEZ, Chairman Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles; Rissie Owens; Lafayette Collins; Terri Schnorrenberg; Winona Miles; S. Craig Wright; S. Feinblatt; Mark Sheherd; Spivey, Agent Captain; Falls, Correctional Officer III; Johnson, Correctional Officer III; American Correctional Association; Janie Cockrell, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before JONES, SMITH, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 129
Pages: 103–105

Head Matter:
John Mark NIKIRK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Victor RODRIGUEZ, Chairman Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles; Rissie Owens; Lafayette Collins; Terri Schnorrenberg; Winona Miles; S. Craig Wright; S. Feinblatt; Mark Sheherd; Spivey, Agent Captain; Falls, Correctional Officer III; Johnson, Correctional Officer III; American Correctional Association; Janie Cockrell, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 04-20305.
Conference Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided April 20, 2005.
John Mark Nikirk, Huntsville, TX, pro se.
Before JONES, SMITH, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
John Mark Nikirk, Texas prisoner # 347180, appeals the dismissal of his civil rights complaint as frivolous under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2). The judgment of the district court dismissing an action as frivolous is reviewed for abuse of discretion. Taylor v. Johnson, 257 F.3d 470, 472 (5th Cir .2001).
Nikirk alleged that his supervised release had been unjustly revoked. As found by the district court, Nikirk's civil claim calls into question the validity of the revocation and his current sentence, and it is barred by Heck v. Humphrey, 512 U.S. 477, 486-87, 114 S.Ct. 2364, 129 L.Ed.2d 383 (1994).
Nikirk alleged that inmate headcounts during the night deprive him of sleep and constitute cruel and unusual punishment. Although the intermittent head-counts and use of lighting interrupt Nikirk's sleep, his allegations do not reflect that the conditions resulted in his suffering any serious physical or psychological injury or in the total deprivation of a basic necessity of life. Rhodes v. Chapman, 452 U.S. 337, 347, 101 S.Ct. 2392, 69 L.Ed.2d 5.9 (1981); Harper v. Showers, 174 F.3d 716, 720 (5th Cir.1999). Because Nikirk's allegations failed to allege a factual basis for an Eighth Amendment claim, the district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing the complaint as frivolous.
The district court's dismissal counts as a strike for purposes of 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). See Adepegba v. Hammons, 103 F.3d 383, 388 (5th Cir.1996). We caution Nikirk that once he accumulates three strikes, he may not 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 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g).
AFFIRMED; SANCTION WARNING ISSUED.
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.