Case Name: Charles A. TREECE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. O. Kent ANDREWS; Richard Stalder; Allen Correctional Center, Mailroom Personnel; Ms. Ramsay; Ms. Harmon; Mr. Carter, Classification Officer & Designated Social Security Officer, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2006-06-21
Citations: 188 F. App'x 230
Docket Number: No. 05-30405
Parties: Charles A. TREECE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. O. Kent ANDREWS; Richard Stalder; Allen Correctional Center, Mailroom Personnel; Ms. Ramsay; Ms. Harmon; Mr. Carter, Classification Officer & Designated Social Security Officer, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 188
Pages: 230–232

Head Matter:
Charles A. TREECE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. O. Kent ANDREWS; Richard Stalder; Allen Correctional Center, Mailroom Personnel; Ms. Ramsay; Ms. Harmon; Mr. Carter, Classification Officer & Designated Social Security Officer, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 05-30405.
Summary Calendar.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
Decided June 21, 2006.
Charles Treece, Kinder, LA, pro se.
Before SMITH, GARZA, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Charles A. Treece, Louisiana prisoner # 349233, appeals the dismissal with preju dice of his pro se, in forma pauperis (IFP) 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights action as frivolous and for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2)(B)(i) and (ii).
Treece argues that the backlog process of the prison's Administrative Remedy Procedure, which allows the prison to address to completion only the first of multiple complaints, denied him access to the courts. "[T]he Supreme Court has not extended [the right of access to the courts] to encompass more than the ability of an inmate to prepare and transmit a necessary legal document to a court." Brewer v. Wilkinson, 3 F.3d 816, 821 (5th Cir.1993) (footnote omitted). Treece was able to file his complaint in the district court and has not shown other actual injury as the result of the prison's backlog process. See id.; Lewis v. Casey, 518 U.S. 343, 355, 116 S.Ct. 2174, 135 L.Ed.2d 606 (1996). As such, the district court properly dismissed Treece's claim.
Treece next contends that a cancer specialist recommended that his left breast be removed, and that prison officials were deliberately indifferent to his serious medical needs by intentionally delaying the implementation of the specialist's recommendation for three months. Treece has not shown that prison officials intentionally delayed the recommended treatment, much less that any such delay resulted in substantial harm. See Mendoza v. Lynaugh, 989 F.2d 191, 195 (5th Cir.1993).
Finally, Treece claims that, as the result of constant exposure to radiation from fluorescent overhead lighting, he suffered permanent damage to his eyes. For conditions of confinement to rise to the level of an Eighth Amendment violation, the prisoner must show that "the risk that [he] complains of [is] so grave that it violates contemporary standards of decency to expose anyone unwillingly to such a risk." Helling v. McKinney, 509 U.S. 25, 36, 113 S.Ct. 2475, 125 L.Ed.2d 22 (1993). Treece has made no such showing.
Treece fails to challenge on appeal the district court's rejection of his claim that the shackles and black-box restraints used while he was transported to an outside medical facility constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the Eighth Amendment, and does not address the district court's failure to consider the remainder of the claims he raised in the district court. Because Treece has failed to brief these claims, they are deemed abandoned. See Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 224-25 (5th Cir.1993).
Treece has moved for leave to enter new evidence, which the clerk's office construed as a motion to allow attachment to brief as a supplement. He also has moved for leave to introduce updated information. "An appellate court may not consider new evidence furnished for the first time on appeal and may not consider facts which were not before the district court at the time of the challenged ruling." Theriot v. Parish of Jefferson, 185 F.3d 477, 491 n. 26 (5th Cir.1999). Treece's motions are denied.
Treece's appeal is without arguable merit and is dismissed as frivolous. See 5th Cm. R. 42.2; Howard v. King, 707 F.2d 215, 219-20 (5th Cir.1983). The district court's dismissal of Treece's complaint as frivolous and this dismissal both count as strikes under 28 U.S.C. § 1915(g). See Adepegba v. Hammons, 103 F.3d 383, 387-88 (5th Cir.1996). Treece is warned that if he accumulates a third strike, 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).
APPEAL DISMISSED; MOTIONS DENIED; 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.